HAWAII's Pacific Air Cargo has flown an eastern black rhino for a breeding initiative on November 15 to Honolulu zoo from Los Angeles, reports London's Air Cargo News
HAWAII's Pacific Air Cargo has flown an eastern black rhino for a breeding initiative on November 15 to Honolulu zoo from Los Angeles, reports London's Air Cargo News. Last February, Pacific Air Cargo shipped a 3,631-lbs hippo from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
Kendi, an eastern black rhinoceros, was born in Cincinnati on July 17 2017, and had been living at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park until the transport.
He will be joining his mate, Aria, who was sent to the zoo in late September.
At five years old, Kendi weighs 2,205 pounds. Both Kendi's and Aria's transfers to the Honolulu Zoo are part of the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Programme (SSP).
The Honolulu Zoo is optimistic that the pair will successfully produce offspring while in their care. Kendi and Aria will be housed in the newly renovated rhino exhibit in the African Savanna at the Honolulu Zoo.
The eastern black rhino stands up to five feet high at the shoulder and 12 feet in length. They weigh up to 3,000 pounds and lives up to 35 years in the wild and up to 50 years in captivity.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List has the eastern black rhinoceros listed as critically endangered due to poaching.
'We are very grateful for Pacific Air Cargo's generous contributions and commitment to animal conservation, and team of staff who assisted with Kendi's transport, making this the fifth complementary transport (two giraffes, a hippo and two rhinos) since 2020,' said Honolulu Zoo director Linda Santos.
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