Emma, a 5-year-old female unicorn with a slender build and gentle behavior, is looking for love and marriage overseas.
In Liufu Safari Park in Taiwan, workers prepare to send a female white rhino to Japan.
It is the first time that Taiwan has sent rhinos abroad to breed as part of an effort to increase the number of white rhinos in captivity in Asia.
“Emma was chosen because of her moderate personality, and her smaller size than the rest makes it easier to ship overseas,” Chun Wu, chief veterinarian in charge of the animals in the park, told AFP.
Emma will soon travel to Japan’s Tobo Zoo in Saitama, where the 10-year-old rhino “Moran” is waiting for her to mate.
In order to help her adjust to her new homes in the future, zookeepers began using instructions in Japanese for commands such as “come on” and “no”, and the female rhino was also trained to familiarize yourself with “external sounds” such as the engines of planes and trucks to prepare her for any noise during the flight.
And her flight, which was scheduled for this month, was postponed until late April, at the earliest due to border restrictions imposed by Japan due to the “Covid-19” pandemic, as the zoo explained.
A veterinarian and a worker at the Taiwanese zoo will travel two weeks before leaving for quarantine, and they will stay in Japan for at least a week to ensure Emma adapts to her new environment.
The number of southern white rhinos, found in the wild across southern Africa, is less than 19,000, according to the Save the Rhino conservation group.
Source: AFP