PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – The Asian elephants at Phoenix Zoo have a new neighbor, and he’s cute. Chutti is a larger unicorn rhinoceros that came to the Phoenix Zoo from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Today he lives in the former elephant farm on the Tropics Trail. There is a new resident at the Phoenix Zoo. Meet “Chutti the Cutie” Although Chutti does not share his habitat with the elephants Sheena and Indu, they can see and smell each other. The zoo says Indu is a fan of Chutti, but Sheena hasn’t decided on him yet. As for chutti, the World Wildlife Fund says it is a solitary species. The zoo describes Chutti as “wild, agile and spunky”. Employees say Chutti, the first of his kind at the Phoenix Zoo, is “very personable and very motivated to eat”. Incidentally, this food consists of grass, fruits, leafy vegetables and aquatic plants. WWF says the great unicorn rhinoceros is an endangered species that has returned from the brink of extinction. “The recovery of the unicorn rhinoceros is one of the greatest success stories of nature conservation in Asia,” said the WWF. The rhinoceros horn, which can be up to 25 inches long (Chuttis isn’t that big.), Is used in traditional Asian medicine, meaning there is a demand for them, although the trade is illegal. Because of this, poaching is the greatest threat to Chutti’s brothers. The zoo says Chutti will be 7 years old by the end of this month. His wild cousins live to be between 30 and 45 years old, according to Save the Rhino. The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoos in the country and looks after more than 3,000 animals from nearly 400 species. Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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