News Escape of the White Rhino

[calicommando]

So we had just started the Kilimanjaro Safari tour when we were stopped and rerouted backstage. They unloaded us in a parking lot and walked us back into the park. Told us they have a new, 5000 lb. white rhino that arrived here yesterday and is not familiar with its new surroundings and escaped. I don’t post here, but thought you might be interested.

 

[britain]

Wot?!

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Do what?? No way. Did they evacuate all of Animal Kingdom afterwards?

 

[peter11435]

Do what?? No way. Did they evacuate all of Animal Kingdom afterwards?

It’s not uncommon for an animal to access an area beyond its primary boundaries. There are secondary and tertiary barriers. The park will not need to be evac’d they will just briefly close the safari while animal programs gets them back where they belong.

 

[Rteetz]

They got another white rhino? They recently got a new male white a few months ago that they want to use for breeding.

 

[bcoachable]

Disney is jealous of Jurassic World....
Just trying to steal some Ip is all..

 

[larryz]

It’s not uncommon for an animal to access an area beyond its primary boundaries. There are secondary and tertiary barriers. The park will not need to be evac’d they will just briefly close the safari while animal programs gets them back where they belong.

 

[jt04]

Bad rhino.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Looks like this a job for Mr. Ventura.

 

[Texas84]

One of the baby rhinos charged our truck and we had to get out of there. The CM said it wasn't used to the trucks yet.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I've heard stories of Cheetah's getting out of their area and approaching the Rhinos. The rhinos naturally became aggressive towards the cheetahs and it was the cheetah that had to be "rescued".

 

[Rteetz]

I've heard stories of Cheetah's getting out of their area and approaching the Rhinos. The rhinos naturally became aggressive towards the cheetahs and it was the cheetah that had to be "rescued".

Kind of interesting considering their backstage housing is connected or right next to each other.

 

[Little Green Men]

We were blocked by rhinos on our safari once. We just sat there for 20 minutes waiting for them to pass

 

[Bolt]

Do what?? No way. Did they evacuate all of Animal Kingdom afterwards?

You realize there is a fence around the safari so these animals don't wander into the park, right?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

If I had known all this I wouldn't have tied those empty cans to that rhino's tail.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

 

[tallica]

My daughter was riding when it happened. The rhino was running around the savanna spooking the other animals. Springbock were pronking, the wildebeest were running, and the giraffe were actively trying to find cover. But, the Sable antelope seemed like they could not have cared less. They were stopped for a while then the driver was told to continue. They finished the rest of the safari along the normal route. After they got done it was closed for an extended period. She really enjoyed the chaos.

 

[Stripes]

I've heard stories of Cheetah's getting out of their area and approaching the Rhinos. The rhinos naturally became aggressive towards the cheetahs and it was the cheetah that had to be "rescued".

Cheetahs are on the weaker side of the big cats. If it had been a tiger, lion, or jaguar, the rhinos would have more reason to be worried.

Not to bring politics into it, but I've never really understood people who hate zoos because the animals are confined. The wild is far, far more brutal to animals, living in a zoo is luxurious by comparison. Assuming the zoo treats the animals right.

 

[Johnny Three-hats]

Cheetahs are on the weaker side of the big cats. If it had been a tiger, lion, or jaguar, the rhinos would have more reason to be worried.

Not to bring politics into it, but I've never really understood people who hate zoos because the animals are confined. The wild is far, far more brutal to animals, living in a zoo is luxurious by comparison. Assuming the zoo treats the animals right.

Even a tiger probably wouldn't want to mess with a rhino in normal circumstances. It could get trampled and crushed or otherwise severely injured too, even if it's more resilient than a cheetah. Big cats are pick on your own size type animals, and I can imagine even having to be around rhinos or hippos or similar big herbivores could be stressful, for all animals involved.

I don't want to feed into derailment (inevitable as that can be), but to briefly explain the perspective of people who don't like confinement in as non-political, non-partisan a way as possible, life in the wild is brutal, yes, however, those animals have evolved for hundreds of thousands of years to live and die that way. To some, it can be taken as analogous to a situation where a person is given food, water, various sources of stimulation, even other captive persons, but no real choices in their life. That situation can seem like luxury, but does it make up for a loss of freedom and agency in one's own life? Not my own opinions, not entirely anyway, just giving some perspective. I generally like zoos myself, but I could understand why some people might be uncomfortable with them as a whole.

 

[cindy_k]

Chaos theory in action