Rhino Naming Competition
This competition is now finished. Thank you to all who entered and keep an eye out for our next competition!
We have a southern white rhinoceros calf in the African Plains that needs a name!
On January 2nd 2023, Nyala gave birth to a healthy female calf. The youngster joins her half-brother Fionn as the newest member of the seven-strong herd (also known as a crash) in the African Plains, including her father Chaka.
The southern white rhinoceros is the largest of the rhino species and the third largest land mammal species in the world after African and Asian elephants. Southern white rhinos can weigh up to 2.3 tonnes and have a wide flat mouth, thick grey skin and two horns – one large horn to the front and a smaller horn further up their head.
The southern white rhino has been classified as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation in Nature. Dublin Zoo is part of the European breeding programme for this species.
Enter the competition to name this Near Threatened species and you could win a family day pass to Dublin Zoo as well as the honour of naming the female rhino calf.
As southern white rhinoceros are originally found in Eastern and Southern Africa, please suggest names of African origin, so do your research! The closing date for entries is 3rd March 2023.
Submit your name suggestions below.
Rhino Naming Competition
This competition is now finished. Thank you to all who entered and keep an eye out for our next competition!
We have a southern white rhinoceros calf in the African Plains that needs a name!
On January 2nd 2023, Nyala gave birth to a healthy female calf. The youngster joins her half-brother Fionn as the newest member of the seven-strong herd (also known as a crash) in the African Plains, including her father Chaka.
The southern white rhinoceros is the largest of the rhino species and the third largest land mammal species in the world after African and Asian elephants. Southern white rhinos can weigh up to 2.3 tonnes and have a wide flat mouth, thick grey skin and two horns – one large horn to the front and a smaller horn further up their head.
The southern white rhino has been classified as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation in Nature. Dublin Zoo is part of the European breeding programme for this species.
Enter the competition to name this Near Threatened species and you could win a family day pass to Dublin Zoo as well as the honour of naming the female rhino calf.
As southern white rhinoceros are originally found in Eastern and Southern Africa, please suggest names of African origin, so do your research! The closing date for entries is 3rd March 2023.
Submit your name suggestions below.
Terms and conditions
Dublin Zoo rhino naming competition 2023
- If the winning name is submitted by more than one person, the entries will be drawn randomly.
- The entry shall be the entrant’s own work. By entering the competition each entrant warrants that their entry shall not have been previously published or exploited in any part and will not infringe any copyright, right of privacy, right of publicity or personality or any other right whatsoever of any third party.
- No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete or corrupted entries will be accepted. Entries will only be accepted if they comply with all entry instructions.
- The competition will run until 3rd March 2023.
- Responsibility is not accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
- The winner will be selected by the Dublin Zoo zookeepers and will win an Annual Pass to Dublin Zoo.
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- In the event of any dispute, the decision of the Promoter is final. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value. No correspondence will be entered into.
- The winner will be notified by email. The winner must claim their prize within 5 days of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the promotion rules.
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