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The [[wattled curassow]] is roughly equivalent to a wild turkey in size and stays in dry areas of the Amazonian forest. It is classified as endangered, with a wild population of only an estimated 350 to 1,500 scattered in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil. Their primary threat is hunting, with habitat loss also contributing.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Crax globulosa'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22678537A92777596 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678537A92777596.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> White Oak maintains a population of the birds.
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[[File:White Rhinos at White Oak.jpg|thumb|A bird's-eye view of a white rhinoceros enclosure at White Oak.]]
The [[southern white rhinoceros]] is the biggest of the five rhino species, and it ranks as the third largest land animal behind the elephants.<ref name="WhiteRhino">{{cite web|title=White Rhino|url=http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/animal-programs/white-rhino/|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> Depopulation had reduced its range to the southern tip of Africa, but reintroduction efforts have spread it farther north. It is classified as nearly threatened, with an estimated population of about 22,000 in the wild.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Emslie, R. |date=2020 |title=''Ceratotherium simum'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T4185A45813880 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T4185A45813880.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
White rhinos are social animals and require large, open spaces, presenting a primary challenge in captive breeding. The land at White Oak has aided in overcoming this challenge, and 25 white rhinos have been born at the center.<ref name="WhiteRhino" />
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