A wildlife park has captured rare footage of the birth of a critically endangered White Rhino.<br /><br />The new arrival at Cotswold Wildlife Park is another milestone for the species which is under threat.<br /><br />Keepers say rhino babies are usually born at night and so are often not filmed when they arrive.<br /><br />But the new calf arrived in the afternoon meaning its birth was caught on camera.<br /><br />The calf is a milestone for both the European Breeding Programme and for rhino conservation. <br /><br />Footage shows its first attempt at standing and his reaction to the first time he ventured outside.<br /><br />The birth happened during 'Rhino Month' - annual Rhino conservation awareness month. <br /><br />His first visitor was Ruby Wax - who named his mother back in 2010.<br /><br />A spokesman for the park said: ‘'It's rare to catch rhino births on camera as females usually give birth during the night.<br /><br />''But keepers luckily were at the park when the birth happened and filmed some incredible footage.''<br /><br />It is the tenth rhino born at the park in the last ten years.<br /><br />Reggie Heyworth, managing director said: ''It is so exciting to welcome our tenth rhino calf into the world. <br /><br />''Both our wonderful female rhinos, Nancy and Ruby, have now had five calves so this latest one, a male, makes it ten calves born here at the Wildlife Park in ten years. <br /><br />''What joy they have brought to us all, they are just the most charismatic and lovely animals and visitors and staff alike are absolutely entranced by them. <br /><br />''My father, the founder of the Wildlife Park, died in 2012 just before our first calf was born but I'm sure that he would be absolutely over the moon.''<br /><br />For 'Rhino Month' the park is auctioning off a 23.75 Karat Gold-Leafed Rhino dropping to raise funds for Tusk.<br /><br />Simon Cowell recently visited the Park with his family and generously placed the opening bid at £2,500. <br /><br />It has since been outbid and the current bid stands at £5,050. <br /><br />https://uk.givergy.com/endangeredfaecesauction/
