The Werribee Open Range Zoo in the Australian state of Victoria is celebrating the arrival of a southern white rhino calf, which is the first calf of this threatened species to be born in captivity in almost a decade.
The inland fisherman- Kailash Barik, in whose fishing net the animal was entangled- will be given away Rs 1,000 reward for handing over the protected animal to the forest department.
The Covid-19 pandemic has restricted the ecotourism influx in forest areas; labour migration was also stopped due to the lockdown.
It’s been over 10 years since cyclone Aila ravaged the Sundarbans in 2009, and the devastating cyclone Sidr in 2007 with a wind speed of 250 km an hour hit the forest.
