Diary for my daughter 29.01.2025 - Cacareco

 

Hello, my beautiful daughter!

Tata here!

Hope you're well!

Tata is fine today! I was resting myself today, but I didn't do many things. But I had a very good sleep. Lazy day today. Hope that you had an amazing day. I have many plans for tomorrow, starting with exercises, cleaning, going to the Italian classes, and I will see what else I can do tomorrow. Soon, it will be my birthday, but I will not plan anything as last time when I celebrated was when you and your mother were with me. So... let's go to your today story..

Cacareco

Cacareco (1954–1962) was a female black rhinoceros exhibited in Brazilian zoos. She is known for receiving many votes in the 1958 São Paulo city council elections as a form of protest vote. Electoral officials did not accept Cacareco's candidacy, but she eventually won 100,000 votes, more than any other party in that same election (which was also marked by rampant absenteeism).

Cacareco's candidacy inspired the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, nominally led by the rhinoceros Cornelius the First.

History

Cacareco was born in 1954 at the Jardim Zoológico do Rio de Janeiro. She was the daughter of rhinoceroses Britador and Terezinha. In 1958 she was loaned for three months, on the occasion of the opening of São Paulo Zoo. In that year there were elections being held for the city council. Journalist Itaboraí Martins, displeased with the candidates' level, proposed the name of Cacareco as a write-in candidate.

Cacareco was returned to Rio de Janeiro two days before the elections, where she received 100,000 votes. She was also exhibited at Porto Alegre in 1962, before dying in the same year. Her skeleton is currently on display at the Museum of Anatomy of the University of São Paulo.

And that was your today story. Tomorrow, we will learn about Non-human electoral candidate.

Until tomorrow...

Be nice!

I'm so sorry that another day passed and I didn't hug you! Please forgive me!

I miss you the most!

I love you infinite!