A British Zoo has named a white rhinoceros calf after Queen Elizabeth II, UK media reported Saturday, because the monarch celebrates 70 years on the throne.
Queenie is the latest addition to the rhino household at Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens, a zoo based mostly in the grounds and parkland belonging to a Nineteenth-century manor home, in Oxfordshire, England.
‘Good title for younger woman rhino’
“All of the rhinos listed below are named after very particular folks and I feel everybody agrees that 2022 will at all times be particular due to Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee,” park chief Reggie Heyworth mentioned in an announcement.
“I believed it is perhaps a bit presumptuous to name our new child ‘Elizabeth;’ so I’ve christened her ‘Queenie’ as an alternative. I feel it’s a excellent title for a younger woman rhino!” he added.
Queenie is the ninth white rhino calf to be born on the zoo, and guests will be capable to view her within the park’s Rhino Home and paddock.
The rhino isn’t the one royal-related start on the zoo. A Bactrian camel was named after the queen’s great-grandson Prince Louis, as they have been born on the identical day.
White rhinos have been on the verge of extinction within the early 1900s, with solely round 20 to 50 remaining of their African homeland.
Numbers have recovered considerably after the animals have been supplied safety. Even so, births in captivity stay uncommon, the wildlife park mentioned.
Solely 5 white rhinos have been born within the UK over the previous yr, and 12 in European zoos, the park mentioned.
The opposite 4 rhino species are both critically endangered or presumed extinct within the wild, in line with Worldwide Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Quite a few merchandise take Queen’s title
Queenie joins a rooster dish, a cake, ships, trains and a bunch of buildings all over the world named in honor of the monarch.
The 95-year-old Elizabeth is marking her Platinum Jubilee with dozens of celebrations anticipated to be held this summer season.
However she has been affected by ill-health together with a light bout of COVID-19.
The monarch was compelled to cancel an look at a Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey going down on Monday.
With materials from AFP information company