The scene of a rhino poaching in South Africa, April 2016. A baby female rhino calf is rescued, found extremely traumatized by the side of her mother, killed on a private game reserve April 24, 2016. The rhino crisis has spawned a crisis-within-a-crisis, leaving behind hundreds of infants and young rhino calves who require extraordinary care. Numerous rhino orphanages have sprung up in an attempt to provide care and shelter for the constantly growing orphaned rhino population.
Andatu is a Sumatran rhino living at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia. Funded by the International Rhino Foundation, the animals are among the rarest and most vulnerable in the world, with about 100 thought to be alive. The facility houses seven of these very special rhinos.
MORE ON THE CRISIS:
Hear the complete interview with Julian Rademeyer for HPR's All Things Considered:
See a short video about the crisis and new reports from Julian Rademeyer and Global Initiative:
Credit Saving the Survivors
Rhino poaching survivor Hope, who lived through a brutal attack in May 2015. She is under the care of Saving the Survivors, a non-profit devoted to providing medical care to rhino poaching survivors in South Africa. Hope has become a symbol of the rapidly growing rhino poaching crisis.
