World Rhino Day is celebrated on 22 September.
World Rhino Day is celebrated on 22 September.
Auckland Zoo in New Zealand is celebrating World Rhino Day on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September.

To raise money for the Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund (which currently supports Rhino conservation) all our Rhino keepers are having their heads shaved on Rhino weekend!

Auckland Zoo will have the following activities:

  • 3 Rhino encounters each day.
  • Each visitor to the Zoo will receive a handout with a Rhino quiz and a rhino colouring in activity.
  • Rhino touch table with rhino artifacts
  • Competition to guess how much a wheelbarrow full of Rhino poo weighs
  • Display of how much food a Rhino eats per day
  • Display of Rhino enrichment items
  • Rhino hats as giveaways
  • Information displays about the 5 different types of Rhino
  • Information about our 3 rhinos and how to tell them apart
  • Information on the different features of rhinos, i.e., their ears, horn, skin etc.
  • Facepainting!

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