The world’s oldest black rhino Fausta has died
Fausta, a female, lived most of her life in the wild before being moved into care in 2016.She died of natural causes on December 27 in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The authority said in a statement: "Records show that Fausta lived than any rhino in the world and survived in the Ngorongoro, free-ranging, for more than 54 years before it was kept in a sanctuary for the last three years of its life in 2016.She was first found in 1965 at between three and four years' old by a scientist in a crater.
Rhinos' life expectancy is around 40 years in the wild but they can live an extra decade in captivity, according to the Ngorongoro authority.Decimated by poaching, black rhinos now number around 5,500, according to charity Save The Rhino.The smaller of the two African species, they are found around south and east Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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