#ThisIsWhy We Support @savingthesurvivors & so should you! * ⚠️⚠️ WARNING! GRAPHIC IMAGES OF

#ThisIsWhy We Support @savingthesurvivors & so should you!
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⚠️⚠️ WARNING! GRAPHIC IMAGES OF OUR WORK!⚠️⚠️

Another Southern White Rhino Bull shot and his front horn traumatically hacked away by poachers.

This Bull has been making a fairly good recovery, however it seems that the Oxpecker birds are now irritating the wound and keeping it open, preventing the area from healing fully.

Dr. Johan, together with Dr. H (the local vet which has been treating this Rhino) immobilised the Bull and treated the facial wound with the technique that was developed several years ago by STS, using fibreglass material and orthopaedic screws with wound dressings below.

This will need to stay on 3 to 4 weeks, after which we will remove the covering and assess how the wound has reacted to the treatment.

In the meantime the Oxpeckers cannot gain access to the wound, which should give the area ample time to heal sufficiently.

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