Help Save Critically Endangered Black Rhino Baby

Care for Wild would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who donated to this emergency appeal. Thanks to your generosity, we’ve been able to support the ongoing veterinary and care costs for this critically endangered black rhino calf.

Since discovering the injury to his foot, we’ve taken the utmost care to implement a comprehensive treatment plan that allows him to stay with his mother. He has undergone multiple treatments involving sedation, thorough cleaning of the wound, treatment, and re-bandaging. While he was sedated, we also provided physiotherapy along with other supportive therapies to aid his recovery.

Your donations have not only supported veterinary care costs, specilaised dressings and bandages, but they have enabled us to purchase a cutting-edge laser therapy device, which, alongside regular veterinary care and guidance, has been instrumental in his healing process. This device uses low-level laser therapy (LLLT) to stimulate cellular activity; the laser light penetrates the skin and is absorbed by cells, increasing cellular energy. This boost supports faster cell repair, reduces inflammation, and improves blood flow to the area, accelerating healing, supporting collagen production, and minimizing scarring.

As his healing progressed and the bandages were removed, the rains began, prompting us to bring Phoebe and her calf back to the bomas. This allowed us to better control his environment, closely monitor him, and observe his progress in a more stable setting. The wound has now closed, and the sole is gradually hardening as his nails, which softened under the bandages, begin to regrow. Once his foot is strong enough, both mom and baby will return to the veld. Thank you so much for helping us to save this critically endangered baby. We apprecite every single person who donated.