TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums Africa 5th white rhino calf born at Mombo!

The date was today, so I guess maybe it was just posted today, but saw on Mombo's section of the Wilderness Safari site that the Mombo team found a new white rhino calf on March 4, this year.

According to the Mombo site... "..Guides estimate the birth date to be sometime in the middle of February. The mother's was released from the Mombo bomas during November 2002. The team have named the calf Lesero. This brings to five the number of white rhino born in the wild in Botswana since the beginning of the re-location programme. The total white rhino population now stands at 32, along with 4 black rhino. It is likely that there may be more births in the coming months, as the rhino have clearly settled down in their new home. "

I hope we get to see little baby rhino!!!! (Ok, maybe not so LITTLE???? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />)

Great news for Mombo and the species!

Absolutely! I'm just hoping maybe we get to see it.....

Meanwhile...back in Rwanda

Rogue elephant prompts unusual warning from US embassy in Rwanda
Fri Apr 15 2005 11:09:46 ET

The aggressive behavior of a rogue elephant in a Rwandan wildlife preserve has prompted an unusual warning from the US embassy in Kigali, normally more concerned with threats posed by humans.

The embassy said visitors to Lake Ihema in northern Rwanda's Akagera Game Park should take extra security precautions because the rogue beast that was becoming increasingly violent.

"Recently, this elephant has displayed more aggressive behavior towards visitors to the point that actual charging and physical contact with vehicles has occurred," it said in a notice to US citizens in Rwanda released Thursday.

"No injuries have been reported, but as recently as last week this elephant severely damaged an occupied vehicle," said the notice, a copy of which was seen by AFP wire on Friday.

"The embassy has notified the Rwandan Office of Tourism and National Parks and expressed our concerns about these incidents," it said. "Americans are advised to exercise extra caution when visiting the park."