Cuba Zoo introduces newborn white rhino

STORY: Ale, the male white rhino was born on June 9 without assistance from the zoo's vets, who were taken aback when they found out about its birth while on a normal tour on the African prairie at the zoo.

His mother, Katherine, had previously given birth to a female rhino, Mel, in 2019, resuming the captive reproduction cycle of white rhinos in Cuba after a 21-year hiatus.

“It makes us very happy to have a new white rhino specimen in our centre since we have not had this species bred for years," said Alexander Arango, exotic fauna specialist at Cuba's National Zoo.

The goal of the Zoo's experts is to ensure white rhinos continue reproducing successfully in hopes to repopulate the endangered species.