US Edition‘Ridiculous’ Plan Developed at Florida Zoo Saves Wild Rhino’s Eyesight in Africa
Zoo behaviorists trained Zimbabwean anti-poaching guards to administer daily eye medication to an endangered rhino, helping save its eyesight and support local conservation efforts.
- A zoo in Florida developed a 'ridiculous' plan to give eye drops to a wild rhino named Thuza in Zimbabwe, saving his eyesight.
- With support from Imvelo Safari Lodges, the Community Rhino Conservation Initiative reintroduced southern white rhinos to communal lands in Zimbabwe.
- Daniel Terblanche, a security manager with Imvelo Safari Lodges, and anti-poacher scouts were trained to administer the eye drops to the rhino.
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‘Ridiculous’ plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino’s eyesight
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But if it’s crazy and it works, then it’s not crazy. Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help an endangered white rhino with a life-threatening, parasitic eye infection. Daniel Terblanche, a security manager with Imvelo Safari Lodges, sa…
Animal behavioralists saved a rhino with bleeding eyes by giving it eye drops, in a "ridiculous idea" gone right
Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But if it’s crazy and it works, then it’s not crazy. Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help an endangered white rhino with a life-threatening, parasitic eye infection. Daniel Terblanche, a security manager with Imvelo Safari Lodges, said no one in Zimbabwe would h…
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LancasterOnlineBy CODY JACKSON and DAVID FISCHER WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, USA (AP) — Experts devised an ingenious plan to save a dying rhinoceros in Africa: Confine it to a narrow corridor and accustom it to human contact so they could administer eye drops. Animal behavior specialists working with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help an endangered white rhinoceros with a life-threatening parasitic eye infec…
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