A rhinoceros enjoys a cake made from its favourite fruit and vegetables on World Rhino Day. <br /><br />Thirty-four-year-old Kari was given the treat prepared by staff at Chiang Mai zoo in northern Thailand, on Sunday (September 22).<br /><br />The annual global event celebrates the world’s five rhinoceros species and raises awareness of their challenges in the wild.<br /><br />Kari, the only Indian rhinoceros in Thailand, tucked into grass, bananas, watermelons, carrots, and sweetcorn.<br /><br />Kari arrived in Thailand as a baby in 1986 as a gift from the Indian government and has lived at the zoo ever since.<br /><br />Acting assistant director Ularika Kongphrom said that the zoo also aimed to raised awareness of the decreasing number of rhino.<br /><br />She said: "All the food we prepared were Kari's favourites including grass, banana, watermelon, carrot, and sweetcorn. People were enjoying seeing him eat a big meal. <br /><br />"However, we also provided information about the dangers of rhino extinction for the zoo visitors to encourage them to help preserve this land mammal in the wild.''<br /><br />Kari once had a companion called Nadia, a black rhinoceros from Singapore, but she died 16 years ago from a stomach infection.
