Second white rhino born at park

The calf is blue after birth but its skin later turns more pink

A wildlife park in Cumbria is celebrating the birth of a second rare white rhino calf in three months.

Mother Tala gave birth at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness on Thursday afternoon, 16 weeks after her due date.

The sex of the new arrival is not yet known, as keepers do not want to disturb Tala.

In June the park's other female rhino, Ntombi, gave birth to a calf which has since been named Nyala.

There are very few breeding pairs of white rhinos in Europe, and it is estimated that there are only about 11,500 of the creatures left in the wild.

The "white" is derived from the Afrikaans word for wide, and relates to the animal's mouth, not its colour.