Indian Rhino Outdoor exhibit

I did not know they had any Indian rhinos in China, any idea how many they had there?

There are two Indian rhinoceros in Beijing Zoo; the female is from Nepal, which was sent here with a male one as a gift of Nepalese king in 1950s, but that male died in 1980s; so another male from Czech was brought here several years ago, and the zoo wishes he can breed with the female.

I can rememeber that a male Indian rhino was part of an exchange program between Zoo Liberec and Beijing ca 10 years ago. Liberec received Golden takins, Blue sheep, Buff-cheeked gibbons and Chinese alligators for a rhino and some smaller animals. The rhino male was born at Dvur Kralove from a sibbling pairing and as been from an already over-represented lineage, there was little use of him. He was standing alone in a way too small enclosure at Liberec (now contains peccaries mixed with coati, pics are in the gallery), the transfer could only improve his situation.

I´m just curious - how old is the female rhino at Beijing zoo?

The female was sent here at 1958 when it was a cub, according to the Internet, so it maybe 50 years old~

Might be a bit too old for breeding ...

@baboon, the studbook noted a windborn female Bang Ti should have arrived in 1978 and died in 2009. All wildborn males died late seventies or early eighties.

The male Nim is the only one to survive till today.

@Kifaru Bwana Yes Bang Ti was gone in 2009 and Nim is also very old now.

Nim was born 4/11/1987, so he is 32 going on (will be) 33 this end of year.

@Kifaru Bwana Yes his condition is not good now and the zoo is taking special care of him.