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The herd will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Most of the elephants previously traveled nationwide with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus until they were retired in 2016 White Oak Conservation is building a 2,500-acre habitat including grasslands, forests and wetlands for the elephants. YULEE A luxurious dust bath along with a satisfying butt scratch against a stone barn wall, and Myrtle was ready to mosey into the forest nearby to forage for a morning snack or indulge in an old-fashioned wallow in a watering hole. Freedom: wild open spaces to explore or a relaxed day spent in a spacious comfortable barn with the prospect of a treat to eat. Such simple pleasures once were denied ....
As feisty as his name implies, a critically endangered Black rhino calf is thriving after being born at White Oak Conservation the internationally respected wildlife refuge north of Jacksonville. Rocky weighed in at 70 pounds when born in August at the nonprofit refuge for rare species owned by philanthropists Kimbra and Mark Walter. Now four months old, Rocky tips the scales at 250 pounds. “Mom has been great and protective, keeping him very close,” said Brandon Speeg, director of conservation at White Oak. “That’s why in the wild, rhino calves are not a real easy target for carnivores. They have a large, protective mom to watch over them.” ....