Rhinos, Rodeo, fair, Mutt derby, and exploration of the Palm Beaches hidden spaces
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Palm Beach Kennel Club
The Mutt Derby Round 2 will take place at Palm Beach Kennel Club on Jan. 30, 2021 beginning at 11:30 a.m.
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JUPITER, Fla. â Plenty of socially distant things to do outside this weekend including rhinos, rodeo, fair, Mutt Derby, and the exploration of the Palm Beaches hidden spaces.
On Saturday, Jan. 30 Lion Country Safari is hosting a birthday party for a rare South white rhino named Elna. The venue will place enrichments out around noon that look like birthday presents. Guests should arrive around 11 a.m. to get to the zebra and rhino area out on safari. One year ago she weighed 100 lbs. but a year later she weighs around 1100 lbs. WPTV NewsChannel 5 did witness Elna throwing two full-sized rhinos out of her pre-party on Thursday. She wanted her enrichments of hay all to herself.
Rare rhino celebrates 1st birthday at Lion Country Safari
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LAKE MARY, Fla. - The South Florida attraction Lion County Safari will be celebrating the first birthday this month for a rare southern white rhinoceros.
At birth, Elna weight approximately 100 pounds (45kg). Park officials estimate her current weight to be 1,100 pounds (499kg).
In honor of Elna’s birthday, Lion Country Safari is selling paint print magnets, with proceeds supporting conservation efforts to save rhinos in the wild.
Of the five species of rhinos (white, black, Indian, Sumatran, and Javan), the white rhino is the most abundant, but all five species are in peril due mostly to poaching, according to Lion Country Safari. The southern white rhino is the only species of rhino that eats just grasses; the others also browse on trees and shrubs.