Ohio zoo: African black rhino dies bearing in mind illness
POWELL, Ohio — An Ohio zoo says an African black rhinoceros has died later being treated intended for an often fatal disease thats commonly found all the rage the species.The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium says the 18-year-old rhino was named Kijito and died ahead of time Wednesday next a two-day illness. It says the rhino had repeatedly suffered bouts of a condition renowned what black rhino syndrome but its cause of death is being investigated.The zoo says at hand were approximately 65,000 black rhinos within Africa four decades since but the population declined sharply to around 2,300 within the wild by the 1990s. It says conservation and anti-poaching labors exhibit helped enlarge the population to around 4,200 black rhinos in our day.The rhinos are called black but in fact suffer a grayish-brown color.