The new frontier of the retention of the rhino is that, cruel but sadly effective, to cut the horn, so as to make the animal less attractive to poachers. The operation, however, is delicate and complex, and cannot always be carried out “on site”: but How to transport a beast of two tons without hurting them (and against his will)?
The question was recently disseminated by France Presswho followed a intervention of “Rhino of rhino move” To find out how it works.
Why should we move the rhinos? It must be said immediately that the story of the French Agency has nothing to do with cutting the horn to a rhinoceros. There are many Other reasons why one may be to move: for example, move it from one place to another, perhaps to put it in a protected area. This is what the Kenya Wildlife Service team was doing followed by France Presswho was trying to move a female from the Nakuru National Park to another national park.
Bankrupt mission. A’operationthat of the move, which it was not successful: the rhinos, in fact, are so large and have such a hard skin that It is not easy to narcotize them. When you can, then, the time available is limited: however tranquilize, you inject him, a Rhineteen takes us relatively little to recover. Not to mention that The tranquilizers are dangerous For these animals: they slow down their breath and heartbeat and raise their body temperature, all conditions to which we must remedy in a short time.
How to move a rhinoceros. Let’s imagine, however, that the first phase of the move is fine: once a rhinos has been narcotized (operation that is carried out by a helicopterout of prudence), is enough between five and seven minutes for the animal to begin to feel intoned. After that, when you lie down, in a couple of minutes a specialized team comes into action, wetting the rhinos to cool it and checking that the respiratory tract is not obstructed. At that point, the rhinoceron comes linked with cables that also attach themselves to the cage that will be used to transport it. Once you put safely, it comes to him administered the antidote to the tranquilizer: The animal wakes up and is put in the cage, which is moved to the back of a truck using a crane.
to good. Ulong and complex operation and not without risk: for example, the female we were talking about at the beginning managed to escape Because, as soon as he heard the “puncture” of the narcoting bullet, he fled in the middle of the bush, too dense to allow the helicopter to follow it. Yet it is an operation necessary for the conservation of these animals: if only we could explain it to him …
