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Dr Johan Marais is one of only a few ‘wild vets’ helping to reconstruct the faces of poached rhinos
Dr Johan Marais spends his days reconstructing the faces of several rhinos that have been left barely alive in fields across South Africa due to savage attacks from poachers.
Quite often the doctor finds himself dealing with wildlife that has been shot, cut open or wounded with unknown instruments by those looking to smuggle its horns.
The horn of a rhino is made of keratin, the same substance as fingernails, which means they can grow back. They are considered to be worth more by weight than cocaine, so traffickers go to great lengths to smuggle it out of, or around, Africa.