“It is still too early to talk of a positive prognosis but every good day takes us another step away from a tragic ending,” says Dr William Fowlds of Investec Rhino Lifeline who is heading up the rhino treatment team.

Fifteen days after a poaching incident at Schotia Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, it has been revealed that the two rhino were darted with illegally acquired veterinary drugs.

The Ik-stingkt exhibition aims to raise awareness and funds for the Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative through a partnership between the Wilderness Foundation and the Ron Belling Art Gallery, proudly sponsored by Coca-Cola Sabco and Investec.

The exhibition will take place in two parts. The first is in line with World Environment Day on 5 June 2013, where artwork from primary school youth will be showcased. The second phase will take place in September with the gallery’s Spring School of Art for high-school learners, culminating in the Ik-stingkt exhibition showing in November.

Two Eastern Cape white rhinos injured by poachers last week are alive but visibly stressed, according to the latest reports from Schotia Private Game Reserve and the veterinary team.

Both rhino, named Bonnie and Clyde, had their horns removed during a sophisticated poaching operation. The incident was reported on 30 May after rangers at the reserve located the two missing rhino who were found hiding in thick bush. It is suspected that they had been darted and left for dead by the poachers after their horns were sawn off.