North American Indian Rhino Population

Nile Hippo Expert said:
The Guadalajara Zoo in Mexico acquired (1.1) Indian Rhinos from two different French Zoos in September:
1:0 Bali (9/6/15) Hugo x Behan; born at Whipsnade Zoo in England, and came from Zoo de La Flèche in France
Bali #511 - Rhinos of the World

0:1 Anjali (8/28/19) Sahib x Henna; born at and came from ZooParc de Beauval in France
Anjali #574 - Rhinos of the World
Not only are these are Mexico's first-ever Indian Rhinos, but they are also genetically valuable animals since they are unrelated to the entire North American Indian Rhino population.
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Guadalajara isn't AZA-accredited, so it'll be interesting to see if they cooperate with the SSP or not. My guess is not seeing as the animals weren't acquired through it.
 
IndianRhino said:
Mesker Park - 1.0 Rupert will be transferred to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to breed with their females this fall as he is one of the most genetically valuable males in the population. Mesker Park will be updating the exhibit a little before welcoming another young male greater one-horned rhino next spring.
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Rupert has officially arrived in San Diego and is currently in quarantine.

A new, young female is also in quarantine there which is most likely Joona from Denver.
 
Taj at Woodland Park Zoo will be transferred to El Paso Zoo in the next few weeks.

Woodland Park Zoo on Instagram: "Big news, Taj the rhino is scheduled to move in a couple of weeks to El Paso Zoo. Greater one-horned rhinos Taj and Glenn have been together longer than any other male pairing in zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, but both just turned 7 and are naturally becoming more territorial with age. In the wild, the home ranges of adult males overlap to some degree, which essentially is how Glenn and Taj have lived at the zoo. For the near term, Glenn will be the sole rhino at the zoo. We are deinitely going to miss Taj, and miss the days when the two could be together, but we are excited about their new chapter as they continue to grow. For all the details on the big move, a recap on rhino zoomies, and how animal keepers are preparing both rhinos for this change, read our latest blog at link in bio or bit.ly/tajbigmove. #woodlandparkzoo #greateronehornedrhino #zoomies #animalcare #bigmove #rhino #endangered #rhinoceros"
 
StoppableSan said:
Taj at Woodland Park Zoo will be transferred to El Paso Zoo in the next few weeks.

Woodland Park Zoo on Instagram: "Big news, Taj the rhino is scheduled to move in a couple of weeks to El Paso Zoo. Greater one-horned rhinos Taj and Glenn have been together longer than any other male pairing in zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, but both just turned 7 and are naturally becoming more territorial with age. In the wild, the home ranges of adult males overlap to some degree, which essentially is how Glenn and Taj have lived at the zoo. For the near term, Glenn will be the sole rhino at the zoo. We are deinitely going to miss Taj, and miss the days when the two could be together, but we are excited about their new chapter as they continue to grow. For all the details on the big move, a recap on rhino zoomies, and how animal keepers are preparing both rhinos for this change, read our latest blog at link in bio or bit.ly/tajbigmove. #woodlandparkzoo #greateronehornedrhino #zoomies #animalcare #bigmove #rhino #endangered #rhinoceros"
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Taj has arrived in El Paso!
El Paso Zoo welcomes new rhino | KTSM 9 News
 
Neil chace said:
Guadalajara isn't AZA-accredited, so it'll be interesting to see if they cooperate with the SSP or not. My guess is not seeing as the animals weren't acquired through it.
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I remain so surprised that cross-border cooperation between Mexico and US institutions despite some Mexican facilities even being AZA-accredited remains an unexplored option or downright ... avoidance strategy. All the more surprising bc Mexico has some fine zoological institutions. Examples where cooperation would be vitally fruitful are African elephant, Asiatic elephant, southern white rhino, Baird's tapir and of course Indian greater one-horned rhino.

Note: the private sector in Indian greater one-horned rhino has transferred some male GOH rhinos to private individuals already .... within the US.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I remain so surprised that cross-border cooperation between Mexico and US institutions despite some Mexican facilities even being AZA-accredited remains an unexplored option or downright ... avoidance strategy. All the more surprising bc Mexico has some fine zoological institutions. Examples where cooperation would be vitally fruitful are African elephant, Asiatic elephant, southern white rhino, Baird's tapir and of course Indian greater one-horned rhino.

Note: the private sector in Indian greater one-horned rhino has transferred some male GOH rhinos to private individuals already .... within the US.
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I actually forgot the mention western lowland gorilla. Same thing!
 
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