08/06/2023
We have been waiting for the right moment to introduce you to Raha. This little rhino came to us with grievous, extensive injuries ā and as always, our top priority is to focus on an orphan's welfare and healing. At last, however, we feel she is out of the most precarious stage of her recovery and ready to make her big debut. We can't wait for you to fall in love with her, too!
To do Rahaās story justice, we will be sharing it over the course of a few posts. If you canāt wait, you can read it in its entirety (and become one of her very first adopters!) on her orphan profile: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/raha
Rahaās Story ā Part 1/3
In the Swahili language, Raha means joy. What better name, then, for this little rhino ā joy that she survived against all odds, and joy that a precious member of Kenyaās black rhino population was saved.
On the afternoon of 23rd September 2022, Ol Pejeta Conservancy scouts reported a tiny rhino calf who was in a desperate way. She was all alone, with no other rhinos in the area. We will never know why she was abandoned at such a young age. Perhaps her mother rejected her, or perhaps she got into an altercation with another rhino and the calf was cast aside in the process.
In its prime, a rhino is one of the most formidable creatures in Africa, but a calf is terribly vulnerable to predators. In the short time she had been on her own, predators, we think jackals, had attacked Raha, mauling her and causing nasty injuries.
The SWT/KWS Mount Kenya Vet Unit rushed to the scene. They were confronted with an impossibly tiny calf, who was no more than a week old at best. The predators had done a serious number on her, adding a whole new level of urgency to her situation. She was frightened and in great distress, pain etched across her little face.
To be continuedā¦
Canāt wait? Read Rahaās full story and become one of her very first adopters here:
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/raha
