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(107,922 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:50 PM Mar 2022

Endangered rhino born in Czech zoo, named Kyiv

PRAGUE (AP) — A Czech zoo has welcomed a critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros baby that has taken the name of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in honor of that country’s resistance to invading Russian forces.

The rhino was born early on March 4 in the Dvur Kralove zoo, a rare occurrence for the facility even if it has the most rhinos belonging to the subspecies.

“The name is another expression of our support for the Ukrainian heroes,“ zoo Director Premysl Rabas said.

Kyiv’s mother Eva has been taking care of him in a best possible way, the zoo said, with the baby gaining 1 kilogram (2.20 pounds) a day. It currently weighs about 50 kilograms (110 pounds) .

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-rhinoceros-9548a683fc26a923f7c47f14f9ed4109