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Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch welcomes rare, first birth of southern white rhinoceros

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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, internationally recognized for their successful reticulated giraffe breeding program and the birth of twin giraffes in 2013, have found another breeding success with the rare birth of a southern white rhinoceros on November 17.

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  • Southern white rhinoceroses are threatened in the wild, births rare in captivity
    NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, internationally recognized for their successful reticulated giraffe breeding program and the birth of twin giraffes in 2013, have found another breeding success with the rare birth of a southern white rhinoceros on November 17.
  • Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch welcomes the rare birth of a southern white rhinoceros named Truda.
  • The healthy and rapidly growing, robust female southern white rhino calf Truda is the first offspring of female Helga and male Kutu.
  • "Truda's birth is a first for the ranch, and it was simply amazing to witness due to the species peril in the wild," said Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (NBWR) Animal Husbandry Director Tiffany Soecthing.