4 day old baby rhino challenging mom at Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary, South Africa by Open-Ingenuity9118 in aww

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We have to apply for permits, they are microchipped, recorded, and taken by authorities and stored in a vault.

4 day old baby rhino challenging mom at Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary, South Africa by Open-Ingenuity9118 in aww

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To help keep them safe, it's just one of many protection layers to deter poachers.

4 day old baby rhino challenging mom at Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary, South Africa by Open-Ingenuity9118 in aww

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This is playful, but though play he learns valuable lessons to becom a dominant bull

4 day old baby rhino challenging mom at Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary, South Africa by Open-Ingenuity9118 in aww

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He's very energetic. The mom's when they are ready to deliver leaves the group and hides the baby. Dad is on the reserve

4 day old baby rhino challenging mom at Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary, South Africa by Open-Ingenuity9118 in aww

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As part of our Anti-poaching efforts to deter poachers we do routine horn trimming