Five years after two rhinos survived a vicious poaching attack that left them severely injured and a bull dead, they have been returned to the wild. Fully rehabilitated, but dehorned…
Looking at Dingle Dell today, it is hard to imagine the gruesome sight we first witnessed five years ago, when both she and Lion's Den arrived at our centre, in…
Five years ago, on the 4th September 2013, Lions Den arrived with another female rhino, called Dingle Dell. They had both been found left for dead, horns missing and gaping…
There are two extremely brave Rhino's in our care at HESC. Their names are Lions Den and Dingle Dell, both of which are females. They were brought to HESC on…
Lion's Den and Dingle Dell are reunited after the procedure A little over five months since the rhino cow’s last treatment, on the 18th July 2015 Lion’s Den had to undergo…
Drs Peter Roger & Johan Marais treated Lion's Den again on 26 February 2015. Although Lion's Den covers the wound/hole with mud, we were worried that maggots might infest the…
We have had the most emotional few weeks, especially with the arrival of our new baby rhino Matimba into our care. However, this hasn’t been the only thing that has…
Once again, on Friday, 31 January, Dr Rogers and his crew arrived at 3pm to replace Lion’s Den’s damaged cast covering the once-exposed sinus cavity. The darting took less effort…
When it was discovered that our younger rhino’s cast had been damaged, a team was once again assembled at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre to replace Dingle Dell’s cast and…
Unfortunately, it seems as if our team will continually be battling the need to keep the rhinos’ wounds covered, particularly as we head into summer which brings an abundance of flies.…