this is baraka. oh, i can hear him! 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
cries. it s ok, it s ok. it s completely fine. but, honestly, when you call baraka a blessing, 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.
i guess it s fertiliser. 0h, now it is smelling a bit doggy. and so there are all rhinos dropping their poop together. oh, you re. there is the smell! it doesn t smell that bad. itjust smells of, like, off grass, you know? the reason why we value these middens is especially when you re doing patrols as rangers, the rangers will use this as a parameter. yes. but lots of rhinos use it to communicate. they poop out different smells at different stages. a young one is different from a mature rhino, a female is different from a male. the canine unit who protect the animals here are made up of armed rangers and highly trained dogs. each of these brave pooches has a special ability, from picking up the scent of a poacher to detecting ammunition, and even attacking potential suspects so they can be detained. and their target today.is me. the canine unit raise funds for their work by allowing
a lot of business and that s why still poaching becomes a serious problem. i kind of want to show you a footprint of a rhino. right here, we have one. it s humbling to meet najin and fatu, but frustrating not be able to see them. althouthames is teaching me some age old rhino tracking techniques that rely on other senses. but he told me to expect to get my hands dirty very dirty. rhinos are very hygienic in nature. they drop their poop in a collective place, we call it a midden. it s pretty fresh. much of rhinos poop is semi digested grass. it feels like soil back at home. yeah.
that a dog in work mode is so focused, just like my guide dog girl is. humans live in a world of sight, whereas man s best friend lives in a world of smell and can follow 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.