YULEE, Fla. – White Oak Conservation, a refuge for rare species in Northeastern Florida, announced the birth of a male black rhino on Wednesday. Photo: White Oak Conservation“Mom has been great and protective, keeping him very close,” Brandon Speeg, director of conservation at White Oak, said. As a result, black rhinos are now “critically endangered” throughout Africa. White Oak provides a protected home in the northeast corner of Florida for three of the world’s five remaining rhino species. Black rhinos from Zimbabwe were brought to White Oak in 1993 to start a breeding program in case the wild population was lost.