@savingthesurvivors founder Dr. Johan and team in South Africa were called to help a desperate reserve owner who had lost 4 Rhinos in one night in a brutal poaching attack!
Many reserve owners in South Africa are feeling immense financial pressure after covid has seen their main income from tourism practically disappear over the past 2 years. By far the biggest expense for these custodians of our wildlife is the security and measures needed to keep the most endangered species safe.
This is where, with your support, our teams can provide life saving assistance. We are able to support these wildlife caretakers with our veterinary services for free, in this case, in collaboration with the @councilofcontributors and helicopter pilot Gerry McDonald, we were able to fly in, trim the horns, take DNA and blood samples and microchip all the Rhinos that remained on the reserve. Undoubtably making them less of a target for the poachers that were feared to still be in the area.
The Reserve owner said - “I stand here with tears in my eyes because of your generosity – we didn’t see how we were going to get this done.” “It’s very lonely being a private rhino owner. Until now, we didn’t have any support, we didn’t know anyone we could call who cares the way we do.”
It is your donations that make this possible, your support has directly protected these Rhinos. Thank you to all that have donated, please continue to show your support by donating via the button or link in our Bio.
If you can’t stay up that late, the program will also be available on @bbciplayer!
Follow the team of international experts, lead by @savingthesurvivors STS, as they search the wilds of South Sudan for any remaining Northern White Rhino.
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Hey y'all. A bit of an out of character post today. A close artist friend’s Service Dog in Training isn’t doing too hot at the moment. The poor bby had to be hospitalized for a blockage, and while they were praying and praying and praying that he could move it on his own, it’s looking like he’s going to have to have surgery to remove it. While it IS just a blockage (thankfully, they were scared it was parvo), it has been a rollercoaster ride and a half in order to get him the help he needs. At the moment, Sedona is out roughly 6k BEFORE surgery.
They’ve been fighting so hard to get him, and as you can tell, this is a huge obstacle for them that they weren’t expecting. They did put together a GoFundMe, but they also have an amazing Etsy shop.
If you do have a couple extra bucks to spare (literally anything helps), I’ve put the links to both their Etsy and their GoFundMe in my profile. It would mean the world to not only them, obviously, but me as well.
All animals are family, for me. And while Kodiak is a working boy, he’s Sedona’s baby. So please, if you do have /anything/ you can help with - sharing their page, sharing the gofundme, buying a piece of art, donating to the gfm, it would be beyond appreciated. I mean. LOOK AT THAT FACE.