Baltimore zoo’s 6-year-old white rhino Jaharo has died
Jaharo, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore’s 6-year-old southern white rhino, has died.
Diagnosed with a form of anemia last fall, Jaharo had been responding well to treatment and had been eating, drinking and behaving normally for the past several weeks, zoo officials said. His condition, however, began declining rapidly last Sunday morning. He died in the early afternoon.
“He was truly a favorite of staff and visitors alike with his personable attitude and willingness to train,” Mike McClure, the zoo’s general curator, said in a statement.
Jaharo was born in September 2012 at The Wilds conservation center in Cumberland, Ohio. He came to Baltimore in 2016.
“Stubby, the other male rhino, will continue to reside in the African Watering Hole habitat with the zebra and ostrich,” McClure said. Zoo officials plan to meet with representatives from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) to discuss future plans, including the possibility of bringing another rhino to Baltimore.
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