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Added on the 08/03/2019 10:49:50 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Footage courtesy of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa shows a newborn baby rhino bathing with her mother on Sunday. The baby rhino was born on October 11 weighing 80 pounds, standing 21 inches tall, measuring 35 inches long. The yet-to-be-named female rhino is only one of seven rhinos in the world to have been born in a zoo this year.
Measuring almost one metre fifty and weighing 70 kilos, a baby giraffe is born at the Belgian zoo Pairi Daiza. It is a welcome birth for this species classified as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
A Bengal tiger cub is being cared for by humans at Nicaragua's National Zoo after its mother was unable to produce the milk necessary to feed her cub.
A red panda cub has been born in an Indian zoo as part of a conservation breeding program to increase the population of the endangered animal. With habitats under threat in the Eastern Himalayas and China, red pandas are considered endangered and are highly vulnerable to infectious diseases. Their copper fur, appearance and small size also make them targets for the exotic pet trade.