I visited 3 weeks ago and Ajang was in this paddock and on my previous visit in May. I also witnessed him sprinting the length of the paddock when a keeper called him with food. My bet would be this is probably him.
I visited 3 weeks ago and Ajang was in this paddock and on my previous visit in May. I also witnessed him sprinting the length of the paddock when a keeper called him with food. My bet would be this is probably him.
From your behavoural description, it sounds like our attempted ID's as an adult female, weren't right and that this is Ajang. Also, this animal seems rather short in the body to be an adult - they seem to get longer as they mature.
From your behavoural description, it sounds like our attempted ID's as an adult female, weren't right and that this is Ajang. Also, this animal seems rather short in the body to be an adult - they seem to get longer as they mature.
That has been the arrangement on all my recent visits, with the females having access to one of the new paddocks each. On my most recent visit the one without the calf was in the larger paddock and showing an interest in Hugo who was in the sand yard behind the new house.
That has been the arrangement on all my recent visits, with the females having access to one of the new paddocks each. On my most recent visit the one without the calf was in the larger paddock and showing an interest in Hugo who was in the sand yard behind the new house.
I think they have a sort of fixed set-up with them like this now- one that doesn't exactly involve over-usage of the new house! Possibly the mother of Ajang might get to stay in it for a while again for mating though.
Whipsnade have certainly made up for lost time with these rhinos- after many years of quite poor breeding records they have now had six successful births in just a few years from these two females.
I think they have a sort of fixed set-up with them like this now- one that doesn't exactly involve over-usage of the new house! Possibly the mother of Ajang might get to stay in it for a while again for mating though.
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I have, in the wild in Kazaringa N.P. chasing a landrover I was in. . They are quite terrifying- Years later I can still hear the grunting noise they make as they run.
Was Karazinga an amazing experience wildlife-wise (clearly it was in terms of rhinos!), Pertinax?
There was a National Geographic article on it a few years ago about how it is one of the only places left where you can see wild Asian elephants, rhinos, tigers, etc. in one place. I'd love to see it some day.
