King, a 3,000-pound rhinoceros from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo, moved to the Oregon Zoo on Sept. 10 and has been making himself at home at the zoo’s new Rhino Ridge for the last few weeks.

New royalty is now reigning over the Oregon Zoo. A 3,000-pound rhinoceros named King has taken up residence at the zoo's new Rhino Ridge. Zoo officials say King comes from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo.

King, an 8-year-old black rhinoceros, arrived Sept. 10 from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo and is already making himself at home in Southwest Portland, his handlers say.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo is home to new royalty. King, an eastern black rhino, arrived to Portland from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo on Sept. 10. The zoo made the announcement in a news ...

King, a 3,000-pound eastern black rhinoceros, has moved in at the Oregon Zoo’s new Rhino Ridge. Photo by Michelle Schireman, courtesy of the Oregon Zoo.

Oregon Zoo King the Black Rhino King, a 3,000-pound eastern black rhinoceros, has moved in at the Oregon Zoo’s new Rhino Ridge. Photo by Michelle Schireman, courtesy of the Oregon Zoo.

Jozi moved to the Oregon Zoo in 2021 from to the Milwaukee County Zoo, joining male rhino King, the baby’s father, who arrived from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo earlier that year.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The smallest member of the Oregon Zoo’s rhinoceros family reached a big milestone this week: Jozi and King’s calf is one month old. Born Dec. 4 at around 100 pounds ...

The zoo says Jozi and King belong to the eastern subspecies of black rhinos, which is considered critically endangered. In 2011, the western subspecies of black rhino was declared extinct.

Raymond B. King, Zoo Atlanta’s president and CEO shared his joy for the birth of the calf, ... The zoo continued, “Powdered rhino horn is believed by some cultures to possess medical ...

The zoo did not announce a name for its new rhino, which will remain inside the African Veldt building with its mom until temperatures warm and the outdoor habitat can be “baby-proofed,” King ...

Zoo Atlanta announced that one of its southern white rhinoceroses gave birth to a calf on Christmas Eve, making the second time a rhino was born at the zoo in its 134 year history ...