Cornelius the First

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Cornelius the First was a Canadian black rhinoceros from the Granby Zoo in Granby, Quebec, who was the nominal leader of the satirical Rhinoceros Party of Canada from 1965 to 1993. The party attracted a considerable number of votes in Canadian elections, sometimes even coming in second place in some ridings, but never elected a candidate to the Canadian House of Commons.

The Granby Zoo eventually traded Cornelius to the San Diego Zoo in exchange for a giraffe. [1] The San Diego Zoo loaned him to the Caldwell Zoo where he fathered an offspring on January 6, 2003.[2]

The name "Cornelius" is a French-language pun, as the French word for "horn" is corne.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ingrid Peritz. "After years of near-extinction, the whacky Rhino party is back", The Globe and Mail, August 8, 2007. 
  2. ^ "Black Rhino Born at Caldwell Zoo" (April 2003). Significant Efforts in Conservation. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. 
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