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Apollo's rescue took place on 21st September 2019, after the Senior Warden of Tsavo West NP requested that the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) helicopter urgently assist in rescuing a rhino calf, which had been spotted alongside its dead mother.

With a Super Cub plane circling high keeping eyes on the rhino, the SWT helicopter landed in a tiny clearing and dropped off Ben, one of our Canine handlers, and Bakari the KWS Company Commander. Just moments later, Ben spotted the rhino and he pulled off a spectacular tackle. Holding onto its midriff, Ben was then dragged several metres through the bush before the calf was brought under control.

The team secured the understandably frightened animal and once the ground crews arrived on site the calf was carried though the bush and loaded onboard the helicopter, before being flown to the Trust's Field HQ. This was a fantastic effort between KWS, SWT and TT in locating and rescuing this vulnerable calf under difficult conditions.

The black rhino calf has since been named Apollo and you can read his full story at: https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.or...

Established in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) operates the world’s most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program, rescuing and hand-rearing orphaned elephants and other animals that have lost their mothers, all too often as a result of human activity. But we do much more than this. Through our Aerial, Anti-Poaching and Mobile Veterinary Units, we safeguard the natural environment and provide immediate assistance to wild animals in need. We also secure irreplaceable wilderness areas so that animals will always have space to roam and work with local partners and communities to ensure people and wildlife can live alongside one another.

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