美国动物园团队在津巴布韦帮助治疗一头重病犀牛, 训练它接受药品, A U.S. zoo team helped treat a critically ill rhino in Zimbabwe, training it to accept medicine to support conservation efforts.

2025年8月,一个棕榈滩动物园小组前往津巴布韦治疗一名名叫Thuza的病情严重的南方男性白犀牛,他患有威胁生命的寄生虫眼感染。 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. 他们利用动物园的培训技术(动物在动物园自愿参与护理),训练Thuza通过食物奖励和逐渐消化意识,接受日常眼滴。 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. 在两周内,犀牛进行了合作,并教当地反偷猎者侦察员进行治疗。 Within two weeks, the rhino cooperated, and local anti-poacher scouts were taught to administer treatment. 这一努力支持一项养护倡议,将南部白犀牛重新引入津巴布韦的公用土地上,这对于该物种的生存至关重要,因为偷猎和生境丧失不断造成威胁。 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.