A female rhino at Assam State Zoo succumbed to injuries after her mating attempt with a male rhino went wrong.
The two year old male rhino, Gaobura, seriously injured Shanti, the one and a half year old female rhino, during a mating attempt on Friday. Shanti succumbed to severe backbone injury and multiple bruises after the attempt.
Both Gaobura and Shanti were brought to th Assam Zoo last year.
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"The male rhino forcibly tried to mount the female and in the process injured her backbone. The female expired because of fracture of backbone," stated officials of the zoo.
Zoo officials said that soon after the mishap, Gaonbura was separated from the other female rhino.