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Kingo will probably have been introduced to Nakuru (Vuyu)
Nakuru is the daughter of Rukwa, so she is related to Kingo(halfsister). I think she was in the triangular paddock nearest the Mansion, together with her mother Rukwa, their oldest rhino.
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The parks rhino are getting well looked after during the cold snap

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Interesting to see (on the video) the inside of one of their rhino barns- haven't had that opportunity before...
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Is there any news on the rhino/baboon mixed exhibit I've heard of?
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i found this on the whipsnade website

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i found this on the whipsnade website

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Cat man, that link is from 2005 and involves Chester and Whipsnade although Qunito moved onto Port Lympne recently
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The black rhinos featured on 'Roar' today , probably filmed last autumn . Kingo was running with Vuyu and Jaga and had mated both . Nick Turk , the rhino head keeper , thought they were both pregnant though not confirmed at that time .
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Is there any news on the rhino/baboon mixed exhibit I've heard of?
It's apparently been going on for ages, and I went about 3 weeks ago and the rhino fences had insulators for electric wire, but it wasn't completed and the babboons were in their cage.
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It's apparently been going on for ages, and I went about 3 weeks ago and the rhino fences had insulators for electric wire, but it wasn't completed and the babboons were in their cage.
That is exactly how it was last Autumn, so there has been no work done on this at all in the intervening months.
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Watching roar on Iplayer and 1.0 black rhino Kingo has been sent to the Dvur Kralove zoo.
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Watching roar on Iplayer and 1.0 black rhino Kingo has been sent to the Dvur Kralove zoo.
Are you confident on this?

Kingo has been sent temp to PL for breeding purposes while the mother and calf at Paignton mature. In the full 1,5-2 year term Kingo was to remain at PL. Perhaps you have mistaken him for Baringo II - who was shipped out to Dvur not too unrecently -.

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The rhino sent was referred to as Ringo , aged 16 years , so I assume it was Baringo II .
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My apologies for posting the wrong name, Bele you are right and it looked a very young animal, also sent to the Czech republic along with the rhino was a fishing cat too, do Dvur Kralove display fishing cat?
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The rhino sent was referred to as Ringo , aged 16 years , so I assume it was Baringo II .
I wonder if they will receive a Dvur bull in return? Apart from Quinto, many of their rhinos are becoming closely related and another completely unrelated bull would be useful for them.
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I wonder if they will receive a Dvur bull in return? Apart from Quinto, many of their rhinos are becoming closely related and another completely unrelated bull would be useful for them.
This might occur over time, but in the immediate future no plans exist for this to happen. For now, PL is happy with both Quinto and Kingo.

I do however agree that at some point the EEP - both continental en UK populations - need infusion of new genes. Effectively, that might come from the SSP ....
 
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