May 22, 2025
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South Africa’s rhino orphanage: A sanctuary in the war against poaching

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Bottle-feeding time for this young rhino. Like many others in this orphanage in Limpopo Province, South Africa, this calf has lost his mother, butchered by poachers for her horn. © France 2

By: FRANCE 2 | Peter O'BRIEN

At the start of the 20th century, there were half a million wild rhinoceros on the planet. Only 29,000 remain. Of these survivors, 80 percent are in South Africa where they're still actively poached for their horns: 1,000 rhinos are slaughtered each year in the Rainbow Nation. This illegal and lucrative business supplies black markets in Asia, where some people believe rhino horns have medicinal properties. In this ongoing battle against organiRead More – Source

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