The world’s first rhino calf born through artificial insemination thrilled scores of children and journalists in her press debut at Budapest Zoo.Layla, a two-and-a-half-month old Southern White Rhino who is Hungary’s answer to celebrity German polar bear cub Knut, at first appeared intimidated by the crowd at her naming ceremony, but later sniffed happily around her paddock.
“Every new life is a miracle and we have had the fortune of being part of an even more special kind when this vigorous and playful calf came to light,” Budapest Zoo Director Ilma Bogsch told journalists.
