Foreign Student Critically Injured by Rhino in KZN Game Reserve. Photo: IPSS Medical Rescue
A student game ranger, from Scotland, was injured on Wednesday when he was charged by a rhino on a game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
A foreign student is in critical condition after being trampled by a rhino. Photo: Pixabay
The British trainee was apparently on a 10-week training course in northern Zululand, and was being taught field craft when he and his tutors surprised a large black rhino.
The rhino – which can run at around 55km/hr and weigh as much as 1,400 kg – immediately attacked, chasing the student who ran for his life into thick bush.
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1. Travel South America overland
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The view from Zulu Rock Lodge in Babanango Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Babanango Game Reserve is a beautiful conservation story in the heart of rural KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. This malaria-free game reserve, which will soon be home to the Big Five, is one of the country s newest reserves and is set on the White Umfolozi River.
Encompassing mistbelt grasslands, thornveld and river frontage, the Babanango Game Reserve is a bush lover s paradise. It harbours abundant game species including giraffe, hyena and zebra and even the elusive aardwolf and aardvark. Rhinos and buffaloes have recently been introduced to the reserve, with the remainder of the Big Five being introduced over the next two years.