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  Baby rhinos adopted by aging mum
Updated 20 March 2004, 15.29
Alice, Dorothy, Jane and Graham munching grass
An ageing rhino has adopted three baby white rhinos to save the endangered animals from extinction.

The rhinos arrived in Scotland from South Africa in September, but will be seen for the first time on Saturday.

A park spokesman said he was impressed by how ageing Alice, 38, had taken to the three year old rhinos, despite her health problems.

"They're getting on like a house on fire and Alice has taken them under her horns," he said.

'Rough and Tumble'

It is estimated there are less than 8,000 white rhinos in the wild but hopes are high that each of the one-tonne trio will one day become proud parents.

Rhinos in captivity are expected to live to between 35 and 40 years old.

Alice has been showing the new arrivals, Dorothy, Jane and Graham, where to find good bits of grass, and getting them used to the safari park.

"The wee ones have cheered her up and she has been having a rough and tumble with them," said the park's manager.

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