Fate of rhinos now in balance

WARSAW Zoo has a pair of Indian rhinos.

They look rather different from the white rhinos we have in Dublin; their large folds of skin overlap like a suit of armour.

The two Warsovians were unusually lively when I saw them last week, one ran around like a pony, kicking up dust and, literally, letting off steam in the bracing Polish air. Baby white rhinos play like this, but I have never seen an adult do so. Whether this was normal Indian rhino behaviour or just once-off exuberance, I can’t say.