Ashakiran, a greater one-horned rhinoceros known to her Toronto Zoo family as Asha, died on Thursday. She was 17 years old.
The Toronto Zoo announced Asha’s passing on Saturday morning, nearly 16 years after she first arrived — a zoo transfer carried out to help ensure her species’ survival.
In 2016, Asha gave birth to a boy: Nandu. Two years later, she gave birth to another boy: Kiran.
“Asha was a wonderful mother and always patient with Kiran,” according to the Zoo, “particularly as he became a rowdy and rambunctious subadult.”
Kiran, the youngest calf of Ashakiran, a greater one-horned
