Rare white rhino born at wildlife park

By SWNS Staff

A rare white rhino has been born at British wildlife park and named Queenie in honor ofQueen Elizabeth II.

Queenie is the newest addition to the rhino family at Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens.

During the last 12 months there were only four other white rhino births in the UK and 15 in European Zoological collections.

Queenie's name was chosen to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee year.

Nancy and newborn white rhino Queenie. (SWNS)

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She is the ninth white rhino calf to be born at the Burford collection and is Monty and Nancy’s fifth breeding success together.

Visitors can see the newborn daily from 10am in the solar-powered Rhino House or the large rhino paddock overlooking the manor house.

Reggie Heyworth, managing director of Cotswold Wildlife Park, said: "We feel very lucky to have another baby female rhino, which is our fifth female baby in a row.

''All the rhinos here are named after very special people and I think everyone agrees that 2022 will always be special because of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

''I thought it might be a bit presumptuous to call our new baby Elizabeth, so I have christened her Queenie instead. I think it is a perfect name for a young lady rhino.''