Baraka, the Blind Rhino

One thing that set Sweetwaters apart from some of the other parks we visited was that they also had several areas in the park set aside for injured or displaced animals. One such resident was a black rhino named 'Baraka' (which is Swahili for blessing). Despite being very large and healthy he is completely blind, having lost one eye in a tussel with another rhino and the other eye to advanced cataracts.
Being blind is bad news for rhinos, even though their vision is quite poor to begin with, so he has become an ambassador for people, replacing another rhino in the park that had recently died of old age. This way he is cared for and can continue to live a healthy life while also helping educate people. His horn was originally over a meter in length and had to be cut off to fit him in the container to move him to the park. Since their horns are made of keratin, having it trimmed was no more painful for him than having your hair or fingernails cut and it is growing back slowly.
Kathryn was even lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and get to feed him some sugarcane as part of his lunch. At the same time she was able to pat his nose and horn a little which made her day.