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Posted by: emma.lucy Nov 27 2007, 01:25 PM

I was just wondering does anyone know the legal requirement for indoor and out side enclosures of black Rhino. i have to do an enclosure evaluation at chester zoo. also need to know sex ratio for captive rhinos? thanks

Posted by: CassandraS Nov 27 2007, 06:40 PM

I don't believe there is a legal requirement for size of enclosures. I could be wrong though. There are suggested minimum requirements in the husbandry manual for rhinos-I don't have it in front of me, but can get that info if you don't have access to it. As for the sex ratio question, I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for. Do you want to know the number of males and females in the captive population? If that is what you need, you could go to the ISIS website.