Potawatomi Zoo’s southern white rhino to be moved

The Potawatomi Zoo has announced that one of its large animals will be leaving this fall.

The Zoo’s southern white rhinoceros, Masamba, will be moving to The Wilds, a 10,000 acre conservation center in Ohio.

As part of a breeding recommendation from the Southern White Rhinoceros Species Survival Plan, the move will allow Masamba to be introduced to a group of female rhinos with the goal of breeding.

Masamba has been with the Potawatomi Zoo since 2019 when he was just three years old. While a date for the move has not yet been set, the Zoo says it will likely happen this fall.

They also expect to receive a new southern white rhinoceros in the spring of next year.