When they have more details about the attack, they will announce them. There are 23-hour patrols at Emoya to help protect the other animals still at the sanctuary.
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Image Credit: Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary / Facebook
Just this past February, poachers killed two baby rhinos living at a rhino orphanage in South Africa. Tragically, that orphanage had to close because they feared further attacks.
Then in March, a French zoo was attacked, and a captive rhino living there was killed for his horns.
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Image Credit: Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary / Facebook
African wildlife need sanctuaries because they are threatened by not only poaching but by habitat loss. The displaced, injured, and orphaned animals need a place to live and thrive – or they will be gone forever from the earth.
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Image Credit: Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary / Facebook
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