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Twycross Zoo: Critically endangered rhino arrives at zoo to mate – BBC News
The eastern black rhinoceros became close to being declared extinct in 2011.
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image captionThere are just 5,000 eastern black rhinos like Sudan left in the wild
A rhinoceros whose species almost became extinct in 2011 has arrived at a zoo as part of a breeding programme.
Sudan has a new home at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, and conservationists hope the eastern black rhino will mate with
Nandi, who came in 2019.
Their species is critically endangered, with just 5,000 left in the wild.
Neil Dorman, curator at the zoo, said they are “pl…
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