Young Rhino with infected horn.
This young Southern White Rhino bull damaged his horn at the growth area while he was in a fight with an older mature bull. Unfortunately the horn split and became infected soon thereafter and the...
View ArticleLame Southern White Rhino Cow
This adult Southern White Rhino cow, called Kunene, was recently spotted by the reserve staff to be fairly lame on her left frontlimb. Dr. Johan and the attending veterinarian decided to take some...
View ArticleDe-Horned and Tracker fitted.
Once we have darted a Rhino from the helicopter it is not always easy to get the animal to go down in the best place for them to lie down. We were recently called to collar this female Southern White...
View ArticleZebra with a snare.
The STS team in South Africa was called in to assist with a Zebra stallion on a reserve in Limpopo. The reserve staff noticed the stallion limping severely on his right hindlimb and suspected a snare....
View ArticleRhino Bull survives poaching attack.
Dr. Johan and the STS team in South Africa have been called to assist with an adult Southern White Rhino Bull that has been shot, front horn hacked off and the left to die. This magnificent male was...
View ArticleExciting new NFT partnership between STS and “Endangered Mints”
We are pleased to announce a remarkable association with our newest major sponsor, Endangered Mints NFTs. After many lengthy conversations and completing mutual due diligence, our respective...
View ArticleElephant cow behaving unusually.
The STS team in South Africa were asked to assist the local veterinarian in examining this Elephant cow on a reserve. The cow has been acting abnormally for the last few months and an injury was...
View ArticleTranslocation of 2 Rhino Cows.
Earlier this week, together with our partners in this project “Baby Rhino Rescue” we moved the 2 Southern White Rhino Cows to their beautiful new home where they will be joined by Seha in the new...
View ArticleConservation is about collaboration.
No one organisation can deliver all the roles required to protect our wildlife, therefore the key to success is working together and supporting each other. We recently donated sets of Binoculars to...
View ArticleUpdate on Elephant Bull with broken leg.
Dr. Johan recently went to check up on Mr. F, a magnificent African Elephant we have been treating on a reserve in South Africa. We first treated Mr. F after he fell in a ditch in the bush and broke...
View ArticleRhino Calf survives Lion attack.
Impi, a 6-month-old Southern White Rhino heifer who now lives at The Rhino Orphanage, was attacked by lions a while ago. The brave little cow eventually managed to chase the lions away, but not before...
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Seha travels to a more “Wild” life!
This is a day we have been working towards for 5 years : Sehawukele (Seha for short) moving from his paddock to a much larger reserve. Attacked by poachers in 2016, 30 operations later, this prize...
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Rhino loses fight with Elephant!
This adult Southern White Rhino Bull was attacked and injured by a large Elephant Bull on a game reserve. This must have been some battle to witness! Although Rhino are very large and heavy, they are...
View Article4 week old orphan baby Rhino
A four week old orphan baby Rhino is spotted by rangers wandering the bush alone without his mother. The STS team are quick on the scene to assist and help the baby Rhino. Our STS Veterinary assistant...
View Article16 Rhinos de-horned after 4 Rhino killed in just one night!
The issue facing private Rhino Custodian’s In the space of a single day, a distraught reserve owner in South Africa lost four Rhinos. Each Rhino killed was a result of poaching. The reserve owners are...
View ArticleRhino poaching survivor treated by STS veterinarian Dr. Johan
Another Southern White Rhino Bull shot and his front horn traumatically hacked away by poachers. Luckily, this Rhino survived the poaching ordeal, despite losing his horn and with it half of his face....
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Update on our little Rhino orphan Kwayera
You may remember a few months back we rescued this little Rhino Kwayera who had been found wandering the bush alone. For the first few days he was cared for 24/7 by our Veterinary Assistant and Baby...
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Dr Johan answers your questions!
What type of animals do you most often come across and work with? There are two species of rhino that we mainly work with, the black rhino and the white rhino. White Rhino Black Rhino What adaptive...
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Hip Hip Hooray! Little Daniel turns three today!
Three years ago we welcomed Daniel to the world! He’s done some growing over the past 3 years! The only Calf ever to be born of 2 Rhinos that had both survived poaching attacks, Lucky and Seha. This...
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Help us feed iconic poaching survivor Seha!
Seha (one of our iconic poaching survivors) has been enjoying his new home at Marataba Conservation Camps as a wild and free bull! This has always been a dream of the team STS and our supporters! We...
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