Charity appeal inspired by birth of baby black rhino at Yorkshire Wildlife Park raises £10,000

Charity appeal inspired by birth of baby black rhino at Yorkshire Wildlife Park raises £10,000.

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00:00This is Bella Mantella, an Eastern Black Rhino orphan.

00:06Bella was rescued as just a two-day-old calf abandoned by her mum during the stress of the drought in Kenya in 2022.

00:16In partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, she was nurtured back to health

00:21and she has spent the last two and a half years being raised by her caretakers at Oljogi Wildlife Conservancy.

00:29A normal day for Bella starts with the morning feed and a weigh-in.

00:35Right now she weighs over 600 kilograms.

00:39She is then taken out for the morning to browse on natural vegetation

00:44and learn about the conservancy that she will one day be released onto as a wild rhino.

00:51This is before heading back to the holding facility for a midday nap.

00:57Afternoons are also spent out in the wild before being coaxed back to base for her second feed at the end of the day.

01:07She is then left to rest in her secure pen until the next day.

01:13We would like to thank Yorkshire Wildlife Park and our other partners who have provided support to Bella over the years.

01:22From Bella and the Oljogi team, Happy World Rhino Day!

01:27We are now on our team.

01:29We're here to join us.

01:30We're here to join us.

01:31We have to join us.

01:32Thanks for joining us.

01:33We're here to join us.

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01:39We're here to join us.

01:40Here we are.

01:41We have friends.