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New White Rhinoceros Facility

New White Rhinoceros Facility. Branding the New Feature. ZUFARI. The New White Rhinoceros Facility. Design: Containment. Substrates. Housing. Management: Diet composition and delivery. Establishing a bachelor herd. Desensitisation. Mixing species. Enrichment Training.

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New White Rhinoceros Facility

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  1. New White Rhinoceros Facility

  2. Branding the New Feature

  3. ZUFARI

  4. The New White Rhinoceros Facility • Design: • Containment. • Substrates. • Housing. • Management: • Diet composition and delivery. • Establishing a bachelor herd. • Desensitisation. • Mixing species. • Enrichment • Training. • Look back: • Snags. • Veterinary issues. • Conclusion.

  5. Design: Containment. • Stockade • Bunding • Cattle Grids • Electric swing barriers • Hotwiring

  6. Design: Substrates. • Concrete • Sand • Bark • Pasture?

  7. Design: Housing. • Four stalls (~64m2) • Barn (~500m2) • Internal gates remote/electric

  8. Management: Diet. • Hay • Grazing • Rhino Nuts • Pasture Nuts • Alfalfa • Linseed

  9. Management: Integrating bachelors. • Three immature bulls • From within Europe.

  10. Management: Integrating bachelors. • Rotated in adjacent stalls • Introduce two at a time? • Initial sparring, no serious fights. • Now very settled.

  11. Management: Training. • Raceway. • Target training. • Stand on mark.

  12. Management: Mixing Species. • Blesbok. • Opportunity for seclusion. • Zebra?

  13. Management: Desensitisation. • Exposed to sights, sounds and smells of trucks, • Outside of enclosure • Within enclosure

  14. Management: Enrichment. • Boomer Balls • Tyres • Bouys • Scratching brushes • Freestyle

  15. Look Back: Snags. • Muddying grazing • Bark beds • Raceway • Access to external gates • “Splash zones” • Drinkers

  16. Conclusion: Veterinary Issues. • Scratches • Diarrhoea • Dry skin • Split horn

  17. Conclusions? • Animals • Visitors • Zoo staff • Ride staff. Questions?

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