CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is expanding its Eastern black rhino exhibit to more than twice its current size to accommodate its herd of five rhinos.
A zoo release says the $1.5 million expansion will be paid for by the Cleveland Zoological Society and Cleveland Metroparks. It also will include an expanded viewing deck for guests. Other renovations will add an indoor rhino barn, a wallowing pool and shading and misting areas to cool the rhinos.
Zoo Executive Director Chris Kuhar says expansion of the exhibit in the Zoo’s African Savanna area will allow staff to better care for the herd. He says the Eastern black rhino is one of the world’s most endangered species.
Construction will begin this fall and is expected to finish in the spring of 2020.