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Another Endangered Rhino expected at the zoo
By Maryanne Zeleznik
11/5/2009 7:03:48 AM

The Cincinnati Zoo is expecting again…this time it’s an Indian rhino. An 18-year-old rhino named Nikki is pregnant thanks to artificial insemination from a male rhino at the Bronx zoo. Three years ago Nikki was the first endangered rhino species to become pregnant through artificial insemination of frozen-thawed sperm, but after completing a full term pregnancy she delivered a stillborn calf. Dr. Monica Stoops is a reproductive physiologist at the Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) at the zoo, she says her team looked to the future and was comforted that female Indian rhinos experiencing a stillbirth following their first pregnancy have had successful live births after that. Nikki’s calf is due in October of next year.

Dr. Monica Stoops and Nikki (provided by the Zoo)

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