A new rhino arrives at Edinburgh Zoo!

Look who’s just arrived at Edinburgh Zoo! We’re thrilled to welcome Qabid, a two-and-a-half-year-old greater one-horned rhino, to his new home.

The youngster travelled over 600 miles from Planckendael Zoo in Belgium.
Expert keepers at Edinburgh Zoo play a vital role in the conservation breeding programme for the species, taking care of teenage rhinos when they are ready to leave their mothers but are still too young to be paired with a mate.

Rhino species across the world are under increasing threat of extinction as a result of poaching and habitat loss. Greater one-horned rhinos are currently classed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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