Memorable news from the animal park Pairi Daiza: the Southern white rhino Madiba is pregnant! “This is excellent news for this subspecies of the white rhino, which are in acute danger by poachers”, says Pairi Daiza in a press release. The last ten years alone, more than 7.100 of these animals were slaughtered for their horn.
“The teams of Pairi Daiza are pleased to announce that – if everything goes as planned – this year in addition to two olifantengeboortes also a neushoorngeboorte in good jobs will be allowed to lead”, as stated in a press release. “Our Southern white rhino Madiba indeed expect a calf in the autumn.”
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Pairi Daiza today employs a group of four Southern white rhinos, which consists of male Jobi, females Madiba and Eleonore, as well as Eleonores calf Sethemba – on march 22, 2016 in the park was born. Pairi Daiza takes with her herd an active part in the EEP (European Endangered Species Programme) for this neushoornsoort. the
As so often with these animals, of course, afraid to wait for a hopefully good outcome. Madiba still has a large pregnancy – the gestation period of a rhino is, on average, between sixteen and eighteen months. The rhino will, in all likelihood, until the autumn of 2019 please. “The teams of Pairi Daiza are the future mother of course closely and make every effort to reduce the chances of a perfect pregnancy and birth as much as possible to keep.”
