Closer look at the work Disney is doing to care and protect the Rhino Population

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Closer look at the work Disney is doing to care and protect the Rhino Population

Disney is collaborating with animal and wildlife science institutions to help save the rhinos.

The group – which includes collaborators from Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment team, The Wilds, George Mason University, the South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction & Conservation, The Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, and the Animal TB Research Group from Stellenbosch University, South Africa – plans to work together to help ensure the success and sustainment of thriving rhino populations in zoos and other accredited facilities.

The Species Survival Plan, which is overseen to ensure the responsible breeding of endangered species, Disney’s Animal Kingdom rhino crash continues to grow. They have had 12 southern white rhinos born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park to date, including a calf born just this month, with another due later this year.

Closer look at the work Disney is doing to care and protect the Rhino Population

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The group’s research will focus on four priority areas identified by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums’ (AZA) Rhinoceros Research Council in 2019: 

  1. Physical fitness and its role in the overall health of rhinos.
  2. Iron storage in browsing rhinos – essentially, ensuring they have the right amounts of key nutrients including iron.
  3. Reproductive success, ensuring healthy populations.
  4. How behavior and environmental factors may help the well-being of rhinos. 

While each of these four areas is critical, together they provide a holistic view of how to ensure the best care of rhinos in accredited facilities. This collaborative research will take place over the course of three years before it is compiled and shared with veterinarians and animal care staff at the 74 AZA facilities currently caring for rhinos.

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