Hurt rhino gives birth
THE tragedy that struck the Inverdoorn Private Game Reserve in December last year when five rhinos were shot, killing four and injuring one, produced a silver lining when the injured rhino cow gave birth to a healthy calf last month.
Searl Derman, Aquila Collection Owner, announced the rhino had given birth and arrests had been made.
“Not only were arrests made within days of the incident back in December, but the Inverdoorn poaching surviving rhino gave birth to a healthy baby rhino boy on April, 30,” said Derman.
The anti-poaching reserve team came across the scene on December 8 last year where the four dead rhinos were found with their horns removed.
A specialist team was called in to track down the missing cow.
They enlisted the guidance of specialist vet Douw Grobler to monitor and stabilise her before performing a series of facial reconstructions to repair the damage made by the rifle shot.
When one of the rangers noticed a newborn white rhino struggling in an aardvark hole last month, the onsite team managed to pull the rhino out, without sustaining any injuries.
Tears of joy from the management and reserve teams followed as they managed to reunite the calf with its mother, who was then identified as the surviving rhino from the poaching incident.