{"id":358,"date":"2019-03-24T14:25:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/?p=358"},"modified":"2019-03-24T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T14:43:50","slug":"kapuki-a-black-rhino-at-the-lincoln-park-zoo-is-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/2019\/03\/24\/kapuki-a-black-rhino-at-the-lincoln-park-zoo-is-pregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapuki, a black rhino at the Lincoln Park Zoo, is pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kapuki, a 13-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros at the Lincoln Park Zoo, is pregnant.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CHICAGO — Kapuki, the Lincoln Park Zoo\u2019s 13-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros, is pregnant. The calf is expected to arrive in May, according to a blog post Wednesday from the zoo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential of a successful calf means much more than a cute face at the zoo. A birth represents preservation of a critically endangered species that faces a lot of challenges,\u201d sCurator of Mammals Mike Murray said. \u201cWe remain cautiously optimistic that Kapuki, as an experienced dam, will know just what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kapuki and Maku, a 33-year-old mail rhino, had previously been successful in producing offspring as with the case of the birth of King in 2013.<\/p>\n

The zoo will post regularly to\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>
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