Project to benefit future generations
A learner at a Parktown school has a passion for animals.
A horse-riding school expressed their pride over one of its members’ involvement in a project to help save rhinos.
Ranger Stables located in Craighall Park shared that Enya Bezuidenhout had been spending her time not only gathering her requirements for her veterinary school application but also assisting to save one of the most endangered creatures of our lifetime.
Manager at Ranger Stables Jess Markotter said, “We are just so proud of how dedicated Enya is to achieving her dream of being a vet and helping animals, and we will support her in any way we can.”
Enya’s mother Leanne Bezuidenhout said Enya is currently a Grade 11 learner at a school in Parktown. “She has always had a passion and love for animals. Interestingly, when she was just seven years old, we went on a day excursion to the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Limpopo.
Little Enya was so taken and impressed by the work that they did, that she promptly announced in the car (on our way back to our guest lodge) that she had decided that she wants to become a vet when she grows up. She wants to help animals,” said the proud mom.
She added that students from all over the world do wildlife volunteer work at the centre, which also includes helping injured and endangered animals that they rehabilitate and more.
Leanne explained that before an applicant can apply for the veterinary science course at the University of Pretoria (UP), there are a variety of requirements and community service tasks that an applicant needs to experience as stipulated by university.
These entail compulsory ‘value-added experiences’ together with the applicant’s successful academic score to be selected for further study at Onderstepoort.
“Enya is currently busy with her ‘value-added experiences’ which are community service and job shadowing. Embryo Plus is a company that specialises in invitro fertilisation and was willing to give Enya a job shadow experience. She worked under Dr Morne de la Rey who is also the founder of a non-profit organisation called Rhino Repro,” Leanne explained.
She added that as the health of the world’s last male northern white rhino declines in Kenya, Enya was very lucky to be given a once in a lifetime opportunity by Dr De La Rey to assist and observe the harvesting of a white rhino cow egg to save the last northern white rhino.
Enya is encouraging friends, family or anyone with a heart for animals to please advocate, support and donate to this very important project for future generations to come.
Details: To connect to the Rhino Repro website to make a much-needed donation https://rhinorepro.org/donations/make-a-donation/
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