On weekends, the Zoo may experience high attendance. For your safety and guest experience, the Zoo may need to limit parking once the lots are full. We typically reopen the parking lots once guests start leaving and spaces open. Check on our social media or website for up-to-date information on parking status. Read our tips for visiting.
Rhinoceros are facing extinction across the world due to poaching and habitat loss. The North Carolina Zoo is helping rhino conservation efforts in Namibia by equipping conservation staff on the ground with technology to more easily collect information on threats to rhinos, which in turn enable protected area managers to make better informed decisions about how best to protect wildlife. In addition, zookeeper-led events like Bowling for Rhinos raise funds for rhino conservation efforts all over the world. You can read more about the Zoo’s work on wild rhinos below, under related resources.
The rhinos participate in their own preventative health care through training. The keepers and veterinarians can draw blood, perform ultrasounds, and check their teeth safely because of this training. Living on a 40-acre mixed species habitat provides ample space to roam and other species to interact with.
This species is cooperatively managed as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan program program. This program is responsible for developing a Breeding and Transfer Plan for each species in the program.
Meet Nandi and Bonnie, our two adorable southern white rhinoceros baby girls! Now playing on the Watani Grasslands.
The North Carolina Zoo participates in multiple efforts to safeguard rhinos living in the wild.