We dehorned our rhinos because of recent poaching threats at our sanctuary. One of our babies died during the procedure, but we
How you can help: On Tuesday the 12th of July 2016, a decision was made by SANParks, MTPA, and Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary NPC management to dehorn all rhinos at the Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary due to the ongoing national poaching crisis, and a number of serious poaching threats that were received at the nonprofit organisation. As rhino horn is made up primarily of keratin, the protein found in hair and nails, the removal of the horn is not painful to the animal, and r
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