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A zookeeper is taken to hospital after being found with serious injuries in an enclosure following an "incident involving a rhino" at Whipsnade Zoo.
A zoo has been urged to make safety improvements to sliding gates after a senior keeper was injured by a rhino. The recommendation from Central Bedfordshire Council follows an accident at ZSL ...
August 27, 2021 at 2:15pm BST. A rare white rhino has been born at a UK zoo. Nandi, which means sweet one in Zulu, was born at 4am on August 21 at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo to mum Tuli and dad Sizzle.
A baby southern white rhino from an endangered species has been born at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire. Credit: ZSL Rhino keeper Michael Hepher said: "At six weeks old he’s getting bolder by the day.
An endangered baby rhino has been filmed playing and exploring the paddock at its new home. The southern white rhino calf was born on 7 March to mum Jaseera at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire.
Tissue samples taken at the post-mortem of a 40-year old, Southern white rhino named Clara, could help protect her own species from extinction. Close. ... (ZSL) at Whipsnade Zoo in the UK, ...
A zoo in the United Kingdom has welcomed the birth of a very special animal – a baby southern white rhinoceros. The baby boy was born at Whipsnade Zoo after a very quick four-minute labor to 13 ...
Whipsnade Zoo was the world’s first “open zoo” when it was opened in 1931 by ZSL, the global conservation charity marking its 200th anniversary in 2026.
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo posted a video to YouTube showing the 6-foot baby born Nov. 11 to parents Luna and Bashu. The zoo said the new baby was dubbed Wilfred in honor of World War I-era poet Wilfred Owen.
A senior zookeeper seriously injured by a rhino in Bedfordshire is in a "stable condition" in hospital, a zoo spokeswoman says.
Video (click to play above) shows a super-cute baby rhino as he settles into his new home at Whipsnade Zoo. The male calf, who has not yet been named, was born on October 2 to parents Fahari and ...