WATCH: Chester Zoo releases adorable footage of baby rhino for "World Rhino Day"
The 2 month old black rhino can be seen playing with its mum
Cute footage of a two-month-old baby rhino trying to get the attention of its mum has been released by Chester Zoo to mark World Rhino Day.
Baby "Ike" is one of two critically endangered Eastern black rhino calves born only weeks apart at the zoo earlier in the year
The arrival of the precious duo was hailed by conservationists as it is believed less than 650 of the sub-species now remain across Africa.
In the wild, a huge surge in illegal poaching, driven by a global increase in demand for rhino horn to supply the traditional Asian medicine market, has resulted in around 95% of all rhinos being wiped out in the last century.
Stuart Nixon, the zoo’s Africa Field Programmes Coordinator, said:
“The IUCN estimates that, on average, almost two rhinos have been killed every day in Africa for nine straight years and they could be extinct in as little 10 years.
“Rhinos need protecting, not poaching.”
Chester Zoo is currently home to 10 critically endangered Eastern black rhinos and two greater one-horned rhinos.