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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. Found in the frozen forests near Russia’s border with Korea, the cats are feared to have just 30 members left in the wild. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants! Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K., Miracle Babies: Leopard Love.

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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

10,000 Birds

Presumably, the Natal Spurfowl thinks the Kruger Park is good habitat, with all the big animals around – the HBW remarks (with a slight hint of disapproval) that the species forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung. The bird … … and the dung provider. Kind of like Dresden, I guess.

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