“The name is another expression of our support for the Ukrainian heroes,“ zoo director Premysl Rabas said.
The rhino was born early on March 4 in the Dvur Kralove zoo, a rare occurrence for the facility, which it has the largest collection of black rhinos in captivity.
“The name is another expression of our support for the Ukrainian heroes,“ zoo director Premysl Rabas said.
Kyiv’s mother Eva has been taking care of him in the best possible way, the zoo said, with the baby gaining 1 kilogram (2.20 pounds) a day. It currently weighs about 50 kilograms (110 pounds) .
Poaching has reduced the number of the eastern black rhinos living in the wild to around 800. The Czech park has 14.
Only three other such rhinos have been born in zoos around the world in the last year, but an astounding 47 eastern black rhinos have been born in Dvur Kralove since the park received the first one in 1971.
Many of them are now in various zoos around the globe but nine have been returned to Rwanda and Tanzania to live in the wild.
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