Sat, 11/29/2025 Every Fri, Sat & Sun
12:00 PM
from 11/28/2025 to 11/30/2025
Rhino Demo Yard in front of Orangutans
4001 E. Paisano, El Paso, Texas 79905
Join a Zoo Education Specialist and watch our zookeepers train our greater one-horned rhino.
Every day all across the Zoo our keepers provide enrichment for our animals important to their physical and psychological well-being. Providing animals with enrichment is a top priority at the El Paso Zoo. Enrichment is a term that zoos use to describe any exhibit feature or daily activity provided by zoo keepers to help create opportunities for animals to exhibit natural behaviors. Training is an important animal welfare tool here at the El Paso Zoo.
Many of our animals voluntarily allow keepers and vet staff to manage their health and well-being using positive reinforcement. Training consists of shaping a natural behavior such as opening the mouth wide, or being still to enable a close inspection, give vaccinations and draw blood.
Fun Facts: Greater one-horned rhinos have skin that looks like armor plating, and their single horn, made of keratin, is used for foraging for roots and not just fighting. They are the second-largest rhino species, can weigh up to 6,000 pounds, and have poor eyesight but excellent hearing and sense of smell. They also have a semi-prehensile lip that acts like a finger to help them grab food.
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