Celebrating our wildlife heritage by supporting rhino orphans on World Rhino Day
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Orphaned rhinos find safe refuge in South Africa sanctuary
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January 12, 2021 14:31 IST
The mission is rescue, rehabilitation and release. No tourists allowed, very few visitors and minimal human contact
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Director Yolande Van Der Merw pets a rhino calf at the Rhino Orphanage in an undisclosed location near Mokopane, Limpopo province, on January 9, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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The mission is rescue, rehabilitation and release. No tourists allowed, very few visitors and minimal human contact Rhinoceros calf “Jessie” was just four-months-old when she arrived at a shelter in northern South Africa, bleeding from a cut to the shoulder and deeply traumatised. Rescuers suspect the animal was injured by poachers who took out its mother, hitting the calf with a machete to keep it away.
Orphaned rhinos find safe refuge in S.Africa sanctuary
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Mokopane (South Africa) (AFP)
Rhinoceros calf Jessie was just four-months-old when she arrived at a shelter in northern South Africa, bleeding from a cut to the shoulder and deeply traumatised.
Rescuers suspect the animal was injured by poachers who took out its mother, hitting the calf with a machete to keep it away.
Jessie was lucky to escape alive and land in a unique centre devoted to rehabilitating rhino orphans. It took two days of giving her Valium for her to calm down, carer Zanre Van Jaarsveld recalled.