Buffalo Zoo welcomes return of black rhinoceros By Mark Sommer News Staff Reporter Aug 19, 2020 Aug 19, 2020 Updated Mar 18, 2026 0 Lulu took a break from playing in the mud with her mother at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on March 2, 2018. Kyle Lanzer/Cleveland Metroparks Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Mark Sommer News Staff Reporter The Buffalo Zoo has never had African and Indian rhinoceroses at the same time, and it's been more than three decades since the zoo had a black rhino.kAm%92E 492?865 %F6D52J[ H96? {F=F[ 2 a\J62C\@=5 t2DE6C? 3=24< C9:?@[ 2CC:G65 :? 96C ?6H 9@>6 7C@> E96 r=6G6=2?5 |6EC@A2C<D +@@]k^AmkAmQ(6 2C6 :?4C65:3=J 6I4:E65 E@ H6=4@>6 {F=F[Q D2:5 r9C:DE:2? s@3@D:6H:4K[ E96 K@@VD 4@>>F?:42E:@?D >2?286C] Q(6VC6 92AAJ 7@C E96 4@>>F?:EJ E@ @?46 282:? D66 E9:D DA64:6D 2?5 E@ 7FCE96C @FC H@C< 96C6 :?DA:C:?8 2?5 E6249:?8 23@FE 4@?D6CG2E:@?]Qk^Am kAm{F=F H:== =:G6 :? 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250 pounds of cuteness: Baby rhino makes public debut at the Buffalo Zoo The rhino, the fifth offspring of 24-year-old Tashi, weighed 130 pounds at birth on Oct. 16. She made her public debut Thursday at the Buffalo Zoo.
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Buffalo Zoo's baby rhino has a name It’s a Mohan! The Buffalo Zoo’s baby rhinoceros officially has a name. Mohan, a Hindu name from the Sanskrit mohana, means fascinating or infa…
Oh baby! Buffalo Zoo's one-horned rhino is pregnant. Tashi, the greater one-horned rhinoceros, is pregnant, thanks to the marvels of modern veterinary medicine, the Buffalo Zoo announced Thursday…
Buffalo Zoo's miracle baby rhino Monica moving to San Diego Monica, a 2-year-old Indian rhinoceros at the Buffalo Zoo whose birth here was heralded as a scientific achievement, is leaving for San Diego …
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