Glyphis hurries towards a chartered plane to reach a private game reserve in the Free State Province to treat a recently poached white rhino, Wasinda, in Pretoria on 19 September. Wasinda, Zulu for ‘survivor’, was poached two days earlier and had both his horns hacked off with a saw. After a closer examination it appeared that he was shot twice with a 375 rifle, with both shots traveling through his head. Most concerning for the vets was the possibility that Wasinda could have been blinded by the incident.

Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA