steppes travel | south africa - rhino notching tour
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SOUTH AFRICAILLONA CROSS | STEPPES BEYOND
The Rhino
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• RHINO HORN IS PERCEIVED TO HAVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES • MORE PEOPLE CAN NOW AFFORD IT• COMMUNICATION INTO RURAL AREAS IS GOOD SO POACHERS CAN AVOID BEING CAUGHT
What are the issues?
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The result.
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Why should you care?
• PREDICTIONS ARE THAT RHINO WILL BE EXTINCT BY 2025• LOSS OF KNOWLEDGE, DNA, SPECIES DIVERSITY AND INTRICATE PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM • ELEVATING THE RHINO TO THE STATUS OF MYTH – UP THERE WITH THE DODO
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STEPPES OFFERS A TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPLORATION, WILDERNESS, EDUCATION AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL , THERE IS A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE PROTECTION OF RHINO. A HANDS ON APPROACH .
Steppes can make a difference
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• FLYING OVERNIGHT TO JOHANNESBURG THEN DRIVING TO GREATER KRUGER PARK
South Africa
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Visits to various projects around the Kruger Park
DAY AND NIGHT SAFARI – TO SEE ANIMALS IN THE WILD LOCAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS – PLIGHT OF THE SMALLER SPECIES
THE REPTILE CENTRE – HOW THE LITTLE GUYS FIT IN THE MOHOLOHOLO RESCUE CENTRE - LEARNING CLOSE UP
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ONE OF THE MORNINGS ON THE RHINO CONSERVATION TOUR OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FOR AND BE INVOLVED IN THE CAPTURE, MARKING AND RESEARCH OF RHINO
The exciting day arrives
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It is early morning with walk up before dawn. The team is waiting and the vet allocates tasks and explains the process.
The vet offers explanations and hands out tasks
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The helicopter arrives and the team follow the rhino to dart it
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EVERYONE HAS A TASK THAT IS HANDS ON AND VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DARTING
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The darted rhino
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• A CHIP IS PLACED IN THE HORN AND UNDER THE SKIN• OINTMENT IS PLACED IN THE EYES • DNA SAMPLES ARE TAKEN
Can’t get any more hands on than this
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• ONLY AN IDENTIFIABLE RHINO CAN BE IDENTIFIED • THESE NOTCHES ALLOW ALL RANGERS TO IDENTIFY THE ANIMAL IN THE BUSH
WHILST ON PATROL
The ears are “notched”
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REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE OR EDUCATION, EACH RANGER CAN COMPLETE THE FORM BY COMPLETING THE DIAGRAMS AND THIS WILL BE MATCHED WITH THE MASTER-LIST.
Monitoring rhino in the field
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The antidote is administered and the rhino gains consciousness
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No harm done
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EACH STEPPES CLIENT PAYS PART OF THE ENTIRE COST OF DARTING A RHINO – THE VET FEES, THE HELICOPTER AND FUEL AND THE RANGER STAFF ON THE GROUND.
IF THE CLIENT WAS NOT THERE, THIS RHINO WOULD NOT BE DARTED – THE COST £2,400 PER DARTING.
Happy vet, happy clients
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