Baby Rhino Marks A New Milestone For Indian Park

[Omaha Steve]

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Apr 18, 2013 by Rosemary Jones

The healthy, female rhinoceros calf born in Manas National Park in India marked a new milestone in the efforts to reintroduce rhinos to the region.

"This is the first calf born in the wild in India from a rhino that had been hand-raised, rehabilitated, and released to the wild," said Azzedine Downes, president and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

The Rhino Rehabilitation Project is a pioneering joint venture of the Assam Forest Department, IFAW-Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), and Bodoland Territorial Council to hand-raise orphaned or displaced calves and then release them in the wild. To date, five hand-raised rhino calves, three females and two males, have been moved to Manas.

The new mother, named Ganga by her rehabilitators, was rescued as a three-month-old calf during the annual floods in the Kaziranga National Park in 2004. Three years later, Ganga and another female calf were moved to Manas National Park.

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