Three more rhinos lost at the hands of poachers

SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary near Gravelotte lost three of their rhino at the hands of poachers over the past weekend.

The discovery of the carcasses of the rhinos named Audrey and her calf Az were made on Saturday.

A joint search operation which included two helicopters, a fixed wing aircraft, dog units, the local community and counter poaching units was rallied but despite all best efforts, the poachers managed to evade capture.

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The rhino cow, Audrey, had at the time, another calf.

The one month old calf, named Louise, was nowhere to be found at the scene.

Tracks were later picked up and a search operation ensued with the hope of finding Louise. On Sunday, Rhino Revolution, Wild Skies Aviation and Dr Peter Rogers from ProVet Wildlife Services joined up to try and locate the young calf.

The hope being that should she be found alive, she would be taken away to a rhino orphanage.

Sadly, her body was found on Sunday morning, having not survived the ordeal.

This heinous act comes less than a month after the passing of SanWild’s Founder, Louise Joubert.