World′s ′oldest rhino′ dies in Tanzania aged 57

A rhino thought to be the oldest in the world has died in Tanzania, aged 57.

Fausta, a female black rhino, died in  Tanzania the authorities in Ngorongoro, where the animal had lived, announced in a declaration.

“Records show that Fausta lived (longer) than any rhino in the world and survived in the Ngorongoro, free-ranging, for more than 54 years before it was kept in a sanctuary for the last three years of its life in 2016,” the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority said in a statement.

Fausta was first located in 1965 at between three and four years’ old by a scientist. Her health deteriorated from 2016 after hyena attacks, when she was taken into refuge.