“Yeah! Pretty good for someone who weights 5,000 pounds and is sixteen years ancient.”
For the complete story and nice clear photograph of this rhino – named Gauhati – link HERE.
Gauhati is an Asian Rhino:
Members of the species once inhabited rainforests, swamps and cloud forests in India, Bhutan,Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. In historical times they lived in southwest China, particularly in Sichuan.They are now critically endangered, with only six substantial populations in the wild: four on Sumatra, one on Borneo, and one in the Malay Peninsula. Their numbers are difficult to determine because they are solitary animals that are widely scattered across their range, but they are estimated to number fewer than 275.The decline in the number of Sumatran Rhinoceros is attributed primarily to poaching for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine, fetching as much as US $30,000 per kilogram on the black market. MORE [Wikipedia]
Because of the black market value of rhinoceros, South Africa’s Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa, declared a moratorium on rhino hunting today. More on that HERE.
Sumatran Rhino, Emi, and her fourteen-month-old son, Harapan, taken on July 28, 2008 by Charles W. Hardin at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardin. Photo via Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
The photo of Gypsy is courtesy of Karen Fayeth.
The video was upload to YouTube by adrianathumm.
Thanks for sharing, Gyspy! We’ve seen lots of rhino’s, but never any playing soccer
As far as I know, the moratorium is not yet in place here, but I support it with all my heart!!
I enjoyed watching that soccer game very much. It’s cool they gave him a ball to play with. But I’m surprised to read that a moratorium is just now being put into place. I thought these animals had been protected already worldwide.
I have never watched a rhino play soccer either, but I enjoyed it very much. I know Gauhati isn’t free, but at least he has a safe home. Sadly, there are many predators out there in the world even if you do weigh 5,000 pounds.