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Gestation period of a white rhino6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() This will be the second calf for father Tom his first, Theo, was born to Zohari in December 2017 but left Toronto in late 2021 for the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Our priority right now is a healthy pregnancy for Sabi and the safe arrival of baby,” said Furniss. We haven’t decided how Sabi’s baby will be named yet. Sometimes Toronto Zoo Wildlife Care staff name the animals in their care, and sometimes we host a naming contest to engage the community. ![]() “The naming process really differs with each animal birth. The baby remains unnamed and it is not yet decided when a name is to be announced. The modifications include “adding barriers to doors and walls to reduce gaps and spaces where a young rhino could fit through while exploring their new environment Adding cameras to the habitat to monitor Sabi remotely and document her progress Adding additional straw for bedding when Sabi is getting closer to her due date,” according to Furniss. “They say it takes a village to raise a child, and at the Toronto Zoo this is certainly the case as we prepare for newborns,” said Grant Furniss, director of Wildlife Care, adding that various teams will soon begin making modifications so that the zoo is “baby ready.” The zoo’s wildlife and reproductive science teams thus introduced Sadi to 15-year-old male white rhino Tom in summer 2022. However, after dietary and mating adjustments, as of spring 2022, the zoo said Sabi’s behaviour suggested her hormonal cycles had switched to the normal length. The likelihood of successfully conceiving for the first time decreases with age in many species, including white rhinos. ![]() Following Sabi’s arrival in Toronto in 2012, hormone monitoring revealed that she exhibited long estrus cycles of approximately 70 days compared to a typical 30 days for fertile female rhinos, the zoo said. ![]()
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