A baby rhino, who has been left traumatized after seeing his mother brutally murdered by poachers, refuses to sleep alone.
He was rescued from the wild last month by staff at
Hoedspruit Endangered Species Center in South Africa after he was found next to his mother's body, crying inconsolably.
The rhino, known as Gertjie, is now recovering at the center
but has been unable to sleep alone after the ordeal, so the team take it in turns to feed the animal every three hours and sleep outside his room.
The center is now appealing for donations to help keep enough fat-free
milk in stock as baby rhinos are only weaned off milk when they're over a
year old.
Staff say he will be cared for until he is ready to be re-introduced
into a wildlife reserve.
There's more information about Gertjie
here.
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