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Blair Drummond’s three Southern White rhino, Graham, Jane and Dorothy, arrived at the park in September 2003 from a reserve in South Africa, where the three were born in 2000.

Since their arrival, the new Rhino House was opened in September 2007 and two calves have been born; firstly Mazumba who was born on 24th August 2007, then her sister Ailsa who was born 21st December 2009 both to mum Dorothy or Dot.

The park houses and breeds Southern white rhino as part of a European-wide breeding programme. Unfortunately these animals are classed as Near Threatened in the wild by IUCN Red List; with currently only 17,500 Southern white rhino remaining in the wild. Their main threat is poaching for their horn which can be used in Traditional Chinese Medicines; it can also be used in some luxury and ornamental products.

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Comments

maybe getting pregnant emmi

Submitted by DUNDEE on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 13:44.

maybe getting pregnant emmi used to being around little ones :o)

Hi DAWGs. Jane and Therese,

Submitted by CarolW on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 13:36.

Hi DAWGs. Jane and Therese, thank you both for the fantastic pics and videos. I was out earlier so I missed all the excitement.
Very cold here again today. It started to snow a couple of hours ago but it has stopped now. It wasn't much anyway.

Is there a reason for Ailsa

Submitted by MTB1 on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 12:44.

Is there a reason for Ailsa not being included today ?
Is it just better to introduce one at once I wonder.

Mixing.

Submitted by ChrisBDSP on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 16:09.

Dot and Emmi do not really have any interest in each other. They seem quite happy to ignore one another. The calf however likes chasing Emmi about, which she does not seem so keen on. He got a bit of a wack from her today as he was getting a bit out of line.

Ailsa is still interested in Dot and it likely to approach her, which Dot would see at threatening, and she will respond accordingly. Dot has no interest in Ailsa any more, and does not want her about.

When we mix them, it will be the 3 of them only at first. We might consider mixing Ailsa with them at a later date once they are all settled down. We think at present she will just make the situation more difficult to manage and will end up getting all the other rhino worked up, so she will not be involved for the next wee while.

I would think it's because

Submitted by JaneG on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 13:26.

I would think it's because Dot would continue to be very aggresive towards her while babe is still young.

Quick! Camera is working...

Submitted by JaneG on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 12:32.

Nice to see Ailsa with Emmi inside in the warm. I bet she wonders where the other three disappear to every so often.

Thank you so much for the

Submitted by ChrisP on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 10:59.

Thank you so much for the screen shots and videos....absolutely brilliant, did you hear me laugh out loud when little/big tinker butted poor Emmi in the bottom????? what a character he is!!!!! Thanks again now I really must get something done

OH dear, I missed it but

Submitted by ChrisP on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 10:20.

OH dear, I missed it but thanks Jane for email. I've only just got back in from doing my shopping. No inside camera again ...now I've got the hump hahahahaha

She is nobody's fool that

Submitted by Ann on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 09:53.

She is nobody's fool that dotty ! thanks Jane xxx

Emmi Dot & Terror Tot

Submitted by MARJEAN on Sat, 04/02/2012 - 09:28.

Emmi Dot & Terror Tot together. Only one charging is Terror Tot. Dot seems OK at the mo. Marion