Orphaned Rhinos Find Safe Refuge in S.Africa Sanctuary
MOKOPANE, South Africa (AFP) — Rhinoceros calf Jessie was just 4 months old when she arrived at a shelter in northern South Africa, bleeding from a cut to the shoulder and deeply traumatized.
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 center devoted to rehabilitating rhino orphans.
“It took two days of giving her Valium for her to calm down,” carer Zanre Van Jaarsveld recalled.
“She was very dehydrated too.”
The Rhino Orphanage is tucked away in the lush forests of South Africa’s Limpopo province, hidden at the end of a red-dirt track dotted with potholes.
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