Monday morning we flew with the chopper, found the female and immobilised her. Her body appears to be recovering well but her facial injuries are worse than they appear from a distance. There is an area 30cm long and 15cm wide of exposed hacked...
Female found walking well. She has been eating and we watched her drink well at the waterhole. Very good news as far as her body is concerned. She has 2 holes 5cm across in here face and a visable piece of flesh hanging from this area with signs...
Rhino Poaching DAY 3 - 18h30
Kariega male survivor appears to be in a lot pain this afternoon. He has moved off to a position where the terrain makes safe top up treatment very risky. Hoping he will keep moving away from this area this evening so we can administer more drugs....
Rhino Poaching DAY 3 - 17h00
News from Kariega team. My heart leaps at very encouraging news firstly that they found the female in the night grazing in the open. Another small victory is the male have moved about 250 meters since 11pm and is grazing this morning. His leg is...
Rhino Poaching DAY 3 - 08h00
News from Kariega team is that situation with male remains unchanged. He is still responsive and able to move around. No sign of female as yet. In morning ground team will use JCB and new pipe-line to turn wallow into a waterhole for him. He...
Rhino Poaching DAY 2 - 23h00
Male rhino leg swelling has deteriorated and he is not using it at all now.We have administered antibiotics and more anti-inflammatories using drop out darts this morning. He is not eating or drinking yet. The female was not found this morning...
Rhino Poaching DAY 2 - 16h30
Kariega Game Reserve was recently involved and featured in a news documentary on rhino poaching airing today on the NBC Rock Center with Brian Williams. Below you can view the NBC news story and a portion of the video. For all our US...
NBC feature on Rhino Poaching
It’s that time of the year again when, walking through the coastal bush or forests, one’s nostrils are assailed by a sweetish, fetid waft that results in most visitors inspecting the soles of their shoes. Those of us that live here are of course...
In Bad Odour?
2012 got off to a flying start with a full house of volunteers, a great bunch of people of various ages and nationalities all coming together for an African experience of a lifetime. Although we had some fun activities lined up for them, this...