Bafana_Bafana

Yes! We had one of our rhinos, Sabie, poached some years ago. It didn't take our intelligence team long to work out who was responsible.

The culprits were arrested, and when in court, one threatened to break out and kill the police officer, the judge, and one of our members. In that order!

He did break out that day, and went on to shoot said police officer. He emptied an entire magazine into him. Thankfully our contacts within our special investigating unit were able to recapture him, and he is now behind bars!

We hope so too!

At the moment, the official statistic is 3 rhinos per day that are poached in South Africa. I tend to believe the number is actually higher.

Most babies do not survive! They are either killed by the poachers, or by the lions and hyenas.

She's doing really well right now! She's in better condition than the other 3 we received last week.

The drought in SA has really caused a lot of issues. Their mother's milk isn't very nutritious and they're rather malnourished. This girl on the other hand is in an otherwise great condition (apart from the gun shot wound). It's an absolute miracle that she was able to survive so long without milk. Normally they don't survive for more than a couple of days before the hyenas and lions tend to get them!

Hi All, I'd just like to let you know that /u/crossborderman works at the sanctuary with me and will be answering questions as well!