00:03We've just released about a two-month-old calf from our boma, which is an area that we put an
00:08animal into prior to giving birth. Typically, they're about 180 pounds to 200 pounds at birth,
00:17and gain weight real quick. That kid is probably close to 300 pounds now.
00:23They're real apprehensive, real curious, but it's a little female. As you can see,
00:27she's very bold. She's kind of leading her mother throughout the exhibit.
00:32Quite often, they'll approach other animals, and obviously, they have about a 4,000-pound backup
00:37behind them, so if they get scared at all, they just run back and get behind their mother.
00:43The Wild Animal Park has been very successful breeding Indian rhinos. I believe our first
00:46birth was in 1978, and there are about 2,000 of them left in the wild, so they are endangered,
00:52and every calf born here is very important to the gene pool. We are expecting four more Indian
01:00rhino births by next summer, and Kaya is our 56th Indian rhino born at the park.
01:08The best way to see Gopara and Kaya is by either our photo caravans, our savannah safaris, and by our
01:14new
01:15rolling safaris, which, as you can see off in the distance, the rolling safari is able to get very
01:18close to both mother and calf, as well as all the other animals on the exhibit.
