Harare – A rhino mum is recovering after an attack by armed poachers in southern Zimbabwe, conservationists announced on World Rhino Day on Friday.”Unity”, as this rhino has been named by her carers is “clearly in considerable pain and discomfort and has a long road to recovery ahead of her”, said the Save Valley Conservancy in a post to Facebook.
Source: Lucky rhino mum ‘survives attack in Zimbabwe’ | News24 2017-09-25
Zimbabwe has around 800 rhinos but, as in South Africa, these magnificent endangered animals are under threat from poachers who kill them for their horns, which are in high demand as an ingredient in traditional Asian medicine.
The Malilangwe Trust, a local conservation non-profit, confirmed that Unity is a black rhino cow and said she and her calf are both “feeding well.”
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It’s time someone put and end to this madness.Surely these horns are leaving the country or region by air or ship. Some is paid to turn a blind eye. I don’t think such nonsense can ever happen in europe or the US and China/Asia itself but only in africa.