Auckland Zoo has announced the arrival of its much-anticipated baby rhino, the first calf born at the zoo in 20 years. The baby girl rhino was born on August 14 and is the first child of 30-year-old southern white rhino, Jamila. However, there's one namesake that probably won't be chosen - the nation's popular Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield, as he already has a baby rhino named after him in Botswana, sponsored alcohol by a Kiwi company. "She's doing great, she's following her mum brilliantly, she suckles regularly, sleeping good, she's getting more and more active every day and moving in between the different yards." "So far it's been perfect, she's been doing everything a baby rhino should do and she's developing just great."

Source: Otago Daily Times August 26, 2020 08:48 UTC