The Palm Beach Post

Lion Country Safari to celebrate World Rhino Day on Saturday

- By Jodie Wagner Palm Beach Post Staff Writer jwagner@pbpost.com Twitter: @JRWagner5

LOXAHATCHE­E — Saturday marksWorld­RhinoDayar­ound the globe, and Lion Country

Safari plans to celebrate.

The wildlife park will host a handful of events to observe the occasion, which was establishe­d eight years ago by the World Wildlife

Foundation as an opportunos in the country. Zoos and Aquariums. nity for people all over the Of the five species of rhiLion Country Safari is world to take a stand against nos — white, black, Indian, the only drive-thru safari rhino poaching and the ille- Sumatran and Javan — the in South Florida. Guests can gal trade in rhino horns. Southern white rhino is the see over 1,000 animals on

Park guests can participat­e most abundant with approx- 320 acres. Admission is $35 in a special VIP tour for an imately 20,000 alive today, per person for ages 10 to 64; additional fee, which will be according to the park. $31.50 for ages 65 and older; donated to rhino conservaLi­on Country Safari cares and $26 for children ages 3 tion. There also will be fun for 12 white rhinos — three to 9. Ages 2 and younger are and educationa­l activities in males and nine females. free. Parking is $8.

Safari World, and the park Since 1979, the park has had For informatio­n, call 561will share conservati­on mes34 rhino offspring. 793-1084 or visit www.lionsaging about wild rhinos. The park participat­es in countrysaf­ari.com.

Lion Country Safari is the White Rhinoceros Spehome to one of the largest cies Survival Plan, a proherds of Southern white rhi- gram of the Associatio­n of

 ?? ANDRES LEIVA / PALM BEACH POST ?? Lion Country Safari is home to one of the largest herds of Southern white rhinos in the country.
ANDRES LEIVA / PALM BEACH POST Lion Country Safari is home to one of the largest herds of Southern white rhinos in the country.

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