South African conservationist risks a hiding as he captures a huge rhinoceros by its tail before removing a bullet

A RHINO wrangler risks a hiding as he captures a huge beast by its tail.

South African vets then tranquillised the animal before removing a bullet.



The rhino was shot at by poachers, who kill up to 2,000 each year.

Photographer Rainer Schimpf said: “The microchip in the horn lasts for only a certain amount of time so it has to be replaced once a year.

“If poaching takes place then one can trace where the horn is going and who the parties are who have conducted those crimes.”


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“The whole process took about 45 minutes.”

The rhino, which lives at an undisclosed location on South Africa's Eastern Cape, was shot with a tranquilliser dart.

Rainer added: “The price of a rhino is equivalent to the gold price so the value of the rhino horn pictured would have been up to $50,000.”

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