Zookeepers delight as six-week-old white rhino already weighs similar to a piano
By Nikita Vance
Morag, who got her name through an online poll ran by the park, was born on 12th October at Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park to parents Dot and Graham. She is the sixth rhino calf born at the park, as part of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Endangered Species Breeding Programme – designed to ensure the safeguarding and maintenance of healthy rhino populations for the future of the species.
Keepers at the park had to spend a lot of time building the trust of the southern white rhino calf, to get her used to the scales.
On the 28th October, Morag weighed in at a whopping 23 stone 8lbs (149kg), with the parks’ Large Mammal Keeper, Alex Wainwright saying, “she has more than doubled in weight since she was first born.
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“This increase is in line with the milestones we would expect to see with our rhino calves.
“Capturing these measurements is vital in ensuring that our animals are healthy, eating well and growing at an appropriate rate. Weight is an especially important indicator of health and wellbeing, and we are delighted that Morag is growing as she should.”