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Entry |
8/28/2010 |
Today, a visitor put his hand into Shida’s mouth when Shida had been shut in his old Stockade during the visiting hour, and had his finger bitten. We heard a loud scream, and all the Keepers came running to see what the problem was and saw the visitors hand stuck in Shida’s mouth. The Keepers called Shida by name and he released the man’s finger. The injured visitor was directed to the Office for first aid and then sent to Karen Hospital. One visitor told us that the man had his hand in Shida’s mouth for about 2 minutes before Shida chomped it! We could not believe that someone would be so foolish as to put a hand into a full grown rhino’s mouth.
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8/22/2010 |
Maalim is trying to find his own territory. He doesn’t like staying where Shida has a dung midden. Instead he likes going with the Keepers to put his dung in a different place.
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8/9/2010 |
Shida came in during the evening very quietly and from an unusual direction as all the foster-parents were talking to Melia in her Stockade, so they did not see him coming. He stood behind them and they were shocked when they turned round and were confronted by a full grown rhino! Thankfully they did not panic. The Keepers called Shida by his name and he followed them into his Stockade as the two elderly foster-parents moved slowly away!.
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7/26/2010 |
At about 5pm as Amos was feeding Murka another keeper Mwetu tried to put a blanket on her. Murka who does not like being approached from behind was taken by surprise and panicked turning towards him pushing him against the stockade bars. Having endured such trauma her reaction was understandable. Amos called the other keepers and Zoom Zoom acted quickly distracting Murka so that Mwetu could get away. Mwetu sustained slight fractures in his upper arm but is fine and does not blame Murka. A warthog became trapped in Shida’s stockade today which did not amuse him. He tried to push the warthog out through the stockade bars but was unsuccessful as the warthog was too big to fit through them. The keepers came to the rescue opening the gate so that the frightened warthog could get out.
 | | Murka |
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7/25/2010 |
Maalim has been enjoying having his daily mudbath after all the visitors and the orphans have left. He loves having the keepers throw buckets of muddy water on his back and joyfully hops and spins around playing. Shida came to the compound today but instead of going into his stockade he stood in front of Maxwell’s stockade and the two spent the time smelling each other.
 | | Maalim under the shade |
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