(Bonné de Bod with Dr Jane Goodall. Photo by Susan Scott)
The world's rhinos are in trouble and
award-winning wildlife television presenter Bonné de Bod is on a quest to find
out why and more importantly, what's being done.
Rhino
Blog can be seen on People’s Weather (DStv Channel 180) highlights for February 26 to
March 4
RHINO
BLOG: Drug Trials
February 26, at 10h45 with repeats every
two hours
Rhinos are difficult to manage without some
sort of help from drugs. Vets realised that a partial anaesthetic could be
applied to rhinos and they would still be able to move under their own steam.
This made it invaluable for vets and nature reserve managers to dart wild
rhinos and then have the ability to relocate them. The downside is that white
rhinos are particularly susceptible to anaesthetic, and the Kruger National
Park’s vets and scientists have been conducting ground-breaking anaesthetic
trials on test subjects to lessen the risk of anaesthetics for rhinos. Over the past two years, presenter Bonné de
Bod has been following these tests and she gets invited to the scientist’s most
recent trial.
RHINO
BLOG: Dr Jane
Goodall
March 2, at 10h45 (DStv Channel 180)
Presenter Bonné de Bod spends this episode
in the company of legendary primatologist, UN Messenger of Peace and world
renowned environmentalist Dr Dame Jane Goodall. Jane talks to Bonné about her
love of rhinos and how her organisation Roots and Shoots is having an impact in
Africa and China where love of nature and connectedness to the planet is what
she believes will save the rhinos.
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