Spirit Wildlife Foundation Stories

The rhino moms and their babies continue to form a close-knit community in the Intensive Protection Zone, each looking out for one another’s calves. While photographing the rhinos for this month’s updates, an incredible sighting took place! A yellow-billed oxpecker was spotted eating ticks on River! This is a monumental moment, oxpeckers are not common in this area. They are one of the most effective and natural parasite controls for rhinos and other wildlife, and the yellow-billed oxpecker is particularly rare. This is exciting, and we hope more will follow. A new partnership with local community artists has Wyntir and Blizzy as some of the first ‘models.’ This stunning sketch was created from a photo of Wyntir and Blizzy. The enterprise provides the artist with both a salary and a percentage of the sales of their work. This piece will be sent to the UK for a fundraising event, where Wyntir and her story will feature as an ambassador for rhinos and the success of Care for Wild’s rehabilitation and reintroduction programme. We think Wyntir would be very proud of herself!