Most of you know about all the rhino poaching, as it has been splashed all over the news for some time now, and the sad news is that unfortunately, it continues, on a daily basis.
Botlierskop Private Game Reserve saw the first Rhino poaching in the Western Cape at the beginning of last year, and the outcome of that tragedy, sadly, was that it was through organised crime.
Happy news soon followed as a new baby rhino was born a few months later, and extreme measures have been taken since to keep their tiny population of rhino's safe.
The horns have been removed from the adults, the animals are GPS protected, and they're under the watchful eyes of a contingent of armed guards.
The male baby rhino was named Kubudirira, which in Shona means "The Future", chosen as a beacon of hope for rhinos in the whole of Southern Africa.
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| Kubudirira and his mother, with her horn removed. |
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