In a career spanning almost two decades, 50-year-old veterinary nurse Karen Trendler has raised 200 baby rhino orphans at a wildlife sanctuary in Pretoria, earning the nickname “Mama Rhino.”
rhino
South African Government Intensifying Its Efforts Against Rhino Poachers
In 2011, a record of 450 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa, the Department of Environment Affairs says.