Parents will risk everything to protect their young, but when poachers outnumbered this mother rhino, she struggled to hold off their attacks and could barely protect herself, nevermind her 8-month-old baby.
Rather than run away in fear and abandon his mother, the brave baby jumped in front of the poachers who had cut off his mother’s horn. Unfortunately, it was too late to save mom and once they got her horn, they began brutally attacking him as they tried to take his horn as well.
Incredibly, he managed to escape and survived 5 days on his own without food, water, or his mother’s protection.
On the fifth day, rangers from the Kruger National Park found the baby wandering on his own and brought him to the rhino orphanage Care for Wild Africa where rescuers named him Lofo because he was lost and then found.
Lofo was incredibly dehydrated and traumatized from the loss of his mother, but the tough baby made it through the first night. After his shock wore off and his wounds healed, Lofo was introduced to other orphaned baby rhinos and has actually formed a new family.
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Heroes Rescue Orphaned Baby Rhino Who Did Everything To Protect Mom From Poachers is an article from: LifeDaily