The two-year old black rhino
was orphaned when her mother died after birth - she was too old.
Junior is the only baby rhino currently at the orphanage. Quite
comfortable with her keepers, she would revel in the mud, play with her
tyre and enjoy being soaked with cool water.
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After seeing the rhino, the baby elephants then come marching (or rather storming) in. They know it is feeding time and their 3 litres of milk (each) is awaiting them. Amidst trumpeting squeals, they gulp down their milk within seconds. Amazingly, these baby elephants are incredibly attached to their keepers. It is very important that the orphaned elephants have a 'family environment' around them, so the keepers even sleep with the elephants at night and fuss over them all the time. The centre makes sure to rotate the keepers so that the elephants don't become too attached to any particular keeper. It is common that elephants pine for their keepers if they go away, which can lead to depression and the baby dying.
) I'm only 9 weeks old
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