Rhino

We were very lucky to have this guy so close. He was right outside the chalet we were staying in. At one point he was eating grass right next to the fence (which was about 4 meters from our door).
The Rhino is being poached for it's horn and they are now an endangered species.

Alternate capture: http://365project.org/salza/extras/2014-06-03

[Lyn Berriman]

How fabulous!!!! Not many left now, sadly and over 400 or so poached in SA alone this year :P Great capture!

[Therese]

Beautiful animal! Gorgeous shot!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Gorgeous capture

[Sally Ings]

@lynnilou it really is such a sad state of affairs. We saw so many during our trip that you almost want to disbelieve the stats. Thankfully there are a lot of posters, pamphlets and information boards all around the park highlighting the plight of the Rhino.

[Leon Buijs]

Such a beautiful animal and shot and so sad that so many are poached. I still hope it's not too late to save them.

[Sue Wilde]

This is such a great shot. I love to think that there are still some in the wild

[Gillian]

Fabulous capture! So sad about all the poaching.

[Eric di Bosco]

Great sight...he must have been real close to have captured this at a 500mm zoom! At which camp was this?

[Sally Ings]

@ericdibosco it was at Bergendal. A tad worrying as the perimeter fence was badly damaged during the floods in March. There are areas where the fence is barely standing and of course the electric fence is not functional! I have some closer shots but the fence is rather prominent in them.

[Eric di Bosco]

We saw all of our rhino's in that area as well...between B&D and Pretoriuskop. Yes, it is great ot still be able to see them. And I was particularly glad that I could still show them to my kids.