Meet Natasha Roscherr, our Assistant Animal Curator at HESC

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Post published:October 24, 2019
Post category:Conservation General Animals Meet The Team Mopane - Orphaned Elephant News
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Natasha assists Head Curator Linri Janse van Rensburg in caring for the animals at HESC. This may sound simple, but considering that we have so many different species of different…

Olivia is back in the wild again

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Post published:October 22, 2019
Post category:Anti-Poaching Olivia The Rhino Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos
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Today, a month ago on World Rhino Day we announced the release of Olivia. We remember how on 20 September 2019, we at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre were over…

The Kindness of Individuals in the Rhino Crisis

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Post published:May 3, 2019
Post category:Anti-Poaching Rescue And Rehabilitation Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos
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Last month, we at HESC spent a day with Investec and British actor, Nicholas Pinnock, and American actress, Shannon Elizabeth dehorning rhinos, in a campaign to expose international audiences to…

What Have Our Rhinos Been Up To? You Ask…

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Post published:May 2, 2019
Post category:Balu The Rhino Esme the Rhino Gertjie Ike The Rhino Khulula the Rhino Lula The Rhino Matimba The Rhino Olivia The Rhino Orphans Philippa The Rhino Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos Stompie The Rhino What's been going on
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It has been so heart-warming to witness the changes among our incredible crash of rhinos at HESC and to see them all going from strength to strength. Watching their unique…

WCE – What the experience entails

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Post published:February 27, 2018
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Standing in front of the gate of the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC), you are able to see the rustle of employees and flurry of vehicles. You are left waiting…

Rhino Update

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Post published:February 18, 2018
Post category:Conservation Orphans Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos
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Rhino Update When entering the word “Rhino” into Google, some suggestions pop up like, “Are rhinos mean?”. As with most animals, when not unhinged they are not mean. In fact,…

Philippa moves in with Gertjie and Matimba

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Post published:September 28, 2016
Post category:Anti-Poaching Conservation News Orphans Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos
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On the 23rd of September, we moved Philippa from Lion’s Den and Dingle Dell’s camp, to the same enclosure as Gertjie and Matimba. With the arrival of Ike, we’ve had…

Our journey with the Rescued Rhinos

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Post published:September 21, 2016
Post category:Anti-Poaching Conservation News Orphans Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos
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We never dreamed we would end up establishing a rhino sanctuary at HESC. But fate would have it differently, and we could never know how our course would change when…

Nhlanhla the rhino receives plasma

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Post published:September 14, 2016
Post category:Conservation From The Hospital News Orphans Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos Veterinary
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Our baby rhino Nhlanhla (Baby N) has been suffering from chronic diarrhea. This has been puzzling to us, as we cannot establish the exact cause. However, you will remember that…

The heartbreaking loss of our rhino baby, Muddy

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Post published:July 14, 2016
Post category:Anti-Poaching Conservation News Orphans Rescued Rhinos @ HESC Rhinos
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We sadly lost one of our orphaned rhinos, Muddy, on the 6th July 2016. He started having trouble with his breathing around the beginning of July, following a bout of diarrhea…