Safari West’s youngest rhino shares its name with a director from Hollywood’s golden past

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News May 2, 2023May 1, 2023

Otto Lang, the baby southern white rhino recently bestowed the name of a famed television director, is pictured with its mother, Eesha, at Safari West in Sonoma County on April 2, 2023. The young rhino's namesake is also the father of Safari West's founder, Peter Lang. (Nate Woodward/Safari West via Bay City News)

Safari West has made sure its new baby rhino has a name no other rhino in the world could possibly have.

Born April 2, Otto Lang was named in honor of Safari West founder Peter Lang’s father, the park announced Sunday.

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