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flag A U.S. zoo team helped treat a critically ill rhino in Zimbabwe, training it to accept medicine to support conservation efforts.

flag In August 2025, a Palm Beach Zoo team traveled to Zimbabwe to treat a critically ill male southern white rhino named Thuza, who had a life-threatening parasitic eye infection. flag Using training techniques from their zoo, where animals voluntarily participate in care, they trained Thuza to accept daily eyedrops through food rewards and gradual desensitization. flag Within two weeks, the rhino cooperated, and local anti-poacher scouts were taught to administer treatment. flag The effort supports a conservation initiative to reintroduce southern white rhinos to communal lands in Zimbabwe, vital for the species’ survival amid ongoing threats from poaching and habitat loss.

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