"A birth represents preservation of a critically endangered species that faces a lot of challenges.” “The potential of a successful calf means much more than a cute face at the zoo," Mike Murray, curator of mammals at Lincoln Park Zoo, said in a March 20 statement. The eastern black rhino, also known as the East African black rhino, is a subspecies of the black rhino and is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Kapuki, an eastern black rhino, nurses her new born calf at the zoo in Chicago, May 19, 2019.
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