it is a blessing. it is a blessing to be blind, because it means he s meant to teach people a lesson. he s meant to he s meant to be here to get people to understand that you shouldn t be poaching these beautiful animals. i m sorry. it s hard. it s taking an emotional toll on you, realising the journey that baraka has been through. james, is he happy? he is a happy rhino. i think the munching itself, you can tell. we are near the waterfalls.
in the local language, baraka means blessed. blessed. yes. 0h, he sounds sweet. is he eating his little leaves? black rhinos are nervous in temperament, which can make them really aggressive and hard to get close to on safari. but this one is an exception to the rule and happily lets visitors feed him. meet baraka the blind . he lost his right eye to a fight with another rhino. did he lose that first, the right eye? yeah, his right eye first. same as me, yeah. and then the left eye got a disease, cataracts, and the attempts to treat the cataracts were futile. ijust i really. i really feel for him, you know, having to get around in this enclosure and learning his way about. and the same with the cataract that must be so confusing for him when he was first going blind. was he. was he upset in any way, could you tell that he was upset? yeah, he was very upset.
at least you are able to lay your hands on what is the last of a being on the planet. it is sad and i hope it doesn t happen again to another species. and why are they so rare, james? um, it s basically poaching, which has just been driven by human greed and greed in different forms greed for power, greed for their medicinal aspects. someone who has been made to believe, traditionally, that if they drink a rhino horn, it s a cure for cancer. they can pay any amount to get a small piece of rhino horn. but that s not true! on the black market, a kilo of rhino horn is now selling for something more than us$60,000. you can imagine a rhino, that is a lot of money and it s a lot of business and that s why still poaching becomes a serious problem.
to teach people a lesson. he s meant to he s meant to be here to get people to understand that you shouldn t be poaching these beautiful animals. i m sorry. it s hard. it s taking an emotional toll on you, realising the journey that baraka has been through. james, is he happy? he is a happy rhino. i think the munching itself, you can tell. we are near the waterfalls. what can you see? i can see a camel, just close. a camel?! yeah, just a camel! laughs.
the scent across the plains. they re coming.gosh! good girl! there you go! you found me! well done! clever girl! you re just so amazing! does she look happy with herself? she probably does! all in a day s work, hey, honey? before i left ol pejeta for the maasai mara, james and will wanted to introduce me to another type of rhino. meet baraka, the blind rhino. this is baraka. oh, i can hear him! in the local language, baraka means blessed. blessed.