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By\u00a0Good News Network<\/a> | Dec 23, 2023 | Rhino Finds Love | Travel Insurance<\/a> | Shield Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhino Finds Love at First Sight When He\u2019s Matched to Help Save a Species\u2013And the Video Will Touch Your Heart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A black rhino looks like it has found a mate in time for the holidays\u2014and, in time to help save a species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4-year-old, born on Christmas Eve in 2019, has just reached maturity after being moved from a zoo in Lansing, Michigan to a newly designed home in Palm Desert, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newly captured videos show the triumphant day when Jaali was first introduced to Nia\u2014a female black rhino from the Cleveland Zoo that was also moved following a match-making appeal from the Association of Zoo and Aquariums\u2019 Species Survival Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their first interactions are precious, but also critical. African Black Rhinos are classified as critically endangered and the pair\u2019s new caretakers at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are devoutly committed to the conservation of this species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhino Finds Love<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis first introduction between Jaali and Nia is the culmination of 4 years of habitat design research and construction to build the perfect home for this pair of endangered black rhinos,\u201d said Allen Monroe<\/a>, the zoo\u2019s president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The California team hopes that with a little luck\u2014and after a 15-month gestation period\u2014they will have at least one more to add to the species\u2019 diminished numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see the first steps of rhino courtship now that Jaali and Nia have reached maturity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animal matchmaking experts behind the Species Survival Plan knew that this particular female and male were underrepresented genetically in the population, and needed to get together\u2014and the new \u2018Rhino Savannah\u2019 in the Palm Dessert Zoo would be a prime environment for procreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlack rhinos are solitary by nature. The general thought is that absence makes the heart grow fonder. So we had Jaali on one side of the habitat and Nia on the other. They can see each other,\u201d Monroe told People<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Female rhinos have a short reproductive period\u2014three days out of the month\u2014so caretakers will time their interactions for that peak breeding time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur fingers are crossed that sometime in the coming year these introductions will result in a pregnancy and bouncing baby rhino.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE POSITIVE TRENDS<\/strong>: For the First Time Since 1977, Zero Rhinos Were Poached In India\u2019s Parks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his fourth birthday coming on Christmas Eve, Jaali (pronounced jolly) couldn\u2019t have received a better gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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