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HE’LL never get used to the sight, no matter how many times he sees it. The bloodied face of a rhino whose horn has been removed in such a brutal way, made all the more tragic when the majestic beast is still alive and fighting to survive, will always tear at his heartstrings.
“People often ask me if it gets easier seeing a rhino’s face hacked away,” says Dr Johan Marais. “To me, it just gets harder. I’ll never get used to it.”
The 53-year-old has become an expert in treating rhinos. As the founder of the NGO Saving the Survivors, he regularly operates on and treats these disfigured animals until they can eventually be released back into the wild.
Some of the scenes of suffering he’s witnessed will stay with him for the rest of his life.
“I’ve seen a rhino cry,” he says. “I looked at the rhino and didn’t know where the tears were coming from. Is it pain? I didn’t know. It was deeply upsetting.”
And there just seems to be no end to the carnage.
“I’m deeply concerned about our rhino population, especially in our parks. In the first two weeks of December alone 25 rhinos were poached,” he says. “Things are completely out of hand.”
Johan takes out his phone and shows us graphic images of a rhino whose horn was poached.
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