Heartbreaking yet rewarding work to raise orphaned rhino calves whose mothers are brutally killed by poachers in South Africa. “You can deliver it yourself if you like.” “Really?!” We were at Patrick Jordan’s office in Hoedspruit with 10,000 ZAR for the rhino orphanage. Rhino orphanages are not open to the public. For one, these traumatized rhino calves are kept away from unnecessary human contact. The goal is to return them to the wild once old enough. Secondly, keeping these young ones safe is top priority. With rhino poaching running rampant in South Africa even rhino calves with tiny horns are…
