This was posted on CFW's FB page last week:
HAPPY Rhino Friday everyone---- Or at least we think so. Thank you to Liam Burrough for this touching message and for stopping so this little one can rest in the shade of your car and drink your water. If only the world had more people like you. This is Liam’s story:
“This evening I have something to get off my chest so if you're not in the mood for rants then skip this, but I really hope you don't.
Driving just South of Tshokwane in the Kruger today we stumbled across an 8-week old white rhino calf standing all alone in the road. Badly dehydrated, covered in wounds and clearly in desperate search of shade, the calf approached my car. She called out into emptiness, looked on for a moment and then rested her chin on my door. Slumping onto her hindquarters and then onto her belly she caught a few moments of peaceful rest in our shadow. She had undoubtedly lost her mother at this tender age to a poacher, one of the hardest hit areas by poaching in the Kruger. We sent another car to get help from a rangers station whilst we sat, giving the calf cooling showers with bottled water and more than anything, comfort and reassurance... remaining there until rangers arrived and a helicopter was on the way. The tragic irony in all of this being that the calf had approached the very creatures that are responsible for her being orphaned in search of comfort.
With this said, it is our responsibility as humans to protect these animals. The bastards fueling this ridiculous trade have to be stopped. As a continent we need to let these lower forms of human life know that we will not stand for the senseless slaughter of our wildlife. I do hope you will like and share this status but merely spreading awareness is not enough. Change begins with you, so get off of your ass and do something! Write angry letters, donate as much money as you can to fund guns, dogs, equipment and salaries for the hands we so badly need to stop these gentle giants from disappearing. I won't be participating in the ice bucket challenge but I will be donating a percentage of my salary every month to a rhino charity in the area of Hoedspruit starting now. Extinction is forever and it's coming for Africa's rhinos, together we can stop it.”
We need your help, if you would like to donate anything please feel free to contact us for a list of suggestions on where you can help support the cause and defeat the destruction of our wildlife. training.protrack@gmail.com ... You as a young man can also contribute. Come to us for training so we can point you in the right direction and to equip you with the tools and knowledge that you need to help with this is done with us. Have a thoughtful Friday!!!
