The Kindness of Individuals in the Rhino Crisis
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…
Training of our anti-poaching canines
Part of the daily training for Zee and Bullet is to acclimatize them to the sounds and smells of the animals at the centre - especially the rhinos they are…
Nhlanhla the rhino receives plasma
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…
Philippa’s Treatment Update, 11 June
Surviving poached rhino cow, Philippa, underwent another treatment procedure on Saturday 11 June 2016. Dr Rogers darted her with M99 (etorphine), which is greatly favoured for large game animal captures and…
HESC takes in Khulula, another orphaned baby rhino cow
On Saturday 21 May 2016 at 08:30, Tom Coetzee from Thornybush Nature Reserve was radio'd from a ranger out on a game drive with news that a lone white rhino calf…
Update on Philippa’s treatment – 14 May 2016
On Saturday 14 May 2016, Philippa underwent another treatment procedure. Dr. Rogers, Janelle (Dr Rogers’ assistant) and Christo (HESC head curator) went ahead of the rest of the team to dart and stabilise…
The Biggest Rhino Cake In The World
Our friends at Rhinos in Africa Foundation have come up with a brilliant idea to help raise funds for the Rescued Rhinos @ HESC. They have taken on the mammoth…
Orphaned rhino bull, ‘Muddy’, arrives at HESC
On Wednesday 4 May 2016, on a private nature reserve in the vicinity of HESC, a baby rhino was found stuck in mud. It is suspected that his crash left him…
Update on Philippa’s latest treatment procedure – 23 April
On the 23rd of April 2016, Dr Rogers and his team came in to treat Philippa again. We have gathered that Philippa has a sixth sense, because she seems to…
Another orphaned baby rhino arrives at HESC after her mother is poached
On Sunday 24 April, we took in yet another new orphaned baby rhino. This was hardly two weeks following the arrival of baby Nhlanhla. This baby rhino, named Olivia, is the second…