Orana Achieves First Rhino Birth In New Zealand – 16th August 1999
On a stormy afternoon, at about 2.00pm, on 16th August 1999, New Zealand’s first White Rhinoceros was born under a tree in Orana Wildlife Park’s rhino paddock. For Orana’s staff it was a quick delivery – by the time they discovered that mother Utani had gone into labour and had rushed to assist her, the …
