Pools for rhino

kiang

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15+ year member
Watching a youtube video of an Indian rhino swimming in its pool at San Fransisco zoo, got me to thinking.......
We all know that Indian rhino are more aquatic than its 2 African cousinfs, but are there any zoos that keep their African rhino in an enclosure, with a pool, pond, whatever you want to call it but an open stretch of water, not a wallow, but a deep pool?
The only example that springs to mind is the white rhino enclosure at bioparc Valencia.

http://www.zoochat.com/180/white-rhinos-taking-bath-66175/
 
The North Carolina Zoo has a giant watering hole in it's 37 acre mixed species exhibit featuring 7 species of antelope (Gemsbok, blesbok, sitatunga, defassa waterbuck, nile lechwe, greater kudu, thomson's gazelle) along with 9 white rhinos. In my first and only visit a few weeks ago, about half the Rhinos took a nice dip in the watering hole around 4:30 pm. Needless to say they scared the bejesus out of every waterbird in site when they came galloping into the water.
 
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