Instagram story viewer> @ellobo88> Tagged

Lobo King of the Currumpaw™

@ellobo88

15.5K

followers

955

following

悟🐉♕ My Art is a stepping stone to Change the World ♕ 悟🐉 BSc Veterinary Bioscience. IMMORTALS. Self Taught. KAKAROT. |LA|NY|NM|AU| TEDTalk🎥⬇️

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Today is World Rhino Day 🦏

Every rhino still alive in the Greater Kruger is alive because a ranger stood in the way. They do it at night, on foot, for modest pay, knowing what it can cost.

Anton Mzimba knew that cost. He was Head of Ranger Services at Timbavati, a husband, a father, and my friend. Four years ago he was assassinated. The people responsible have still not faced justice.

Now his son is walking the same path 👣

Thank you to @tumelomac and @sabcnewsonline for telling this story with care, and to Major General Gerber and the Hawks for continuing the work 🙏

Celebrate the rhinos today. Then remember the people who keep them alive, and the ones we have lost doing it

🕯️ Justice for Anton is protection for every ranger still out there tonight 💚

🔗 justiceforanton.org

#WorldRhinoDay #JusticeForAnton #Rangers #RhinoMan #sabcnews

151

3

Today is Martin Mthembu’s birthday. He would have been 58. 🕯️

Martin was born in the highlands of KwaZulu-Natal on this day in 1968, and came of age as a soldier. He took that knowledge and turned it into something else entirely: more than 15,000 rangers trained across Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique, the DRC, Angola and Eswatini. With Ruben and Marianne de Kock he built African Field Ranger Training Services on a simple conviction, that a ranger is developed, not found.

He died in a car accident on 2 August 2014, fourteen days short of his 46th birthday. It was the worst year South Africa has ever had. Over 1,200 rhinos killed. His friends called him the Rhino Man. 🦏

This film exists because of him. Matt Lindenberg trained beside Martin for six years. When Martin died, Matt made a promise to tell the story of the rangers Martin loved. That promise became the Global Conservation Corps. Eight years later it became RHINO MAN.

Martin never saw the film. Every ranger in it is carrying something he handed down.

Happy birthday, Martin. The line still holds. 💚

▶️ Watch RHINO MAN and meet the people he made. Link in bio. rhinomanthemovie.org/ways-to-watch  #MartinMthembu #RhinoMan #RhinoManTheMovie #TheOriginalRhinoMan #RangersMatter

64

2

📺 NEWS: TRT World marked World Ranger Day with three voices from Anton Mzimba’s world.

Leitah Mkhabela of the Black Mambas, the first all-female unarmed anti-poaching unit and Anton’s cousin, on what the day means to rangers: “So many of us are doing this without being recognized. But when this day arrives, we feel like, oh, we are seen.”

Anton’s son Jafet, asked whether he still wants to follow his father: “Yes. Definitely, I want to be a field ranger.” He told his dad that once, out in the bush. His father froze, said the job was too dangerous, and then gave his blessing. Jafet is keeping the promise he made him. 💚

And our director John Jurko II on why Anton’s case still matters: four years on, no arrests, but real progress on the investigation, and a simple truth underneath it. If a ranger like Anton can be killed with no consequences for his killers, what does that tell every ranger still walking out there?

🔗 Watch the episode: youtube.com/watch?v=fyWg8uKNLLI

✊ Stand with the family: justiceforanton.org

We will not let Anton’s name fade.

#JusticeForAnton #RhinoMan #BlackMambas #AntonMzimba #WorldRangerDay

28

1

📰 ARTICLE: News24 tells the story Anton would have loved most.

“He was my guide, and he lives in me.” — Jafet Mzimba, Anton’s son, speaking about the father the world knew as a hero and he knew as the dad who came home from the bush and took him right back into it, teaching him the trees, the tracks, and the reasons why.

Four years after Anton was murdered at his own front door, his son is training as a conservationist. Not despite what happened to his father, because of who his father was. Anton believed conservation would be won by the next generation, a belief that inspired the Global Conservation Corps’ Future Rangers Programme in the communities bordering Kruger. His son is living proof of that vision.

But legacy alone is not justice. This year’s IRF Roll of Honour records 147 rangers from 40 countries lost in the line of duty, 58 of them in Africa, with homicide the leading cause worldwide. And four years on, no one has answered for Anton’s murder.

Honouring rangers has to mean more than gratitude. It has to mean justice.

Read the full News24 story: news24.com/southafrica/good-news/he-is-my-guide-the-son-of-murdered-ranger-anton-mzimba-is-following-in-dads-footsteps-20260731-0673

Stand with the family: justiceforanton.org

We will not let Anton’s name fade.

#JusticeForAnton #RhinoMan #AntonMzimba #WorldRangerDay #Rangers

411

5

“Every ranger has a family.” 💚

Today, on the 20th World Ranger Day, we’re sharing a piece of Rhino Man we’ve never released before: Anton Mzimba going home.

Thirty days in the bush. Weeks away from the children he loved. “I blame no one,” he says. “That is my job that I chose.” And when he walks through that door, you see everything the job costs and everything it protects, all at once.

This is what World Ranger Day is really about. Behind every ranger on patrol today, in every country, there is a family counting days. They serve too.

Anton was killed at his home in July 2022, four years ago this week. He gave everything for his family, his team, and the wild places he believed were worth it. Rest easy, my friend. Your family, all of it, the one at home and the one in green, carries you with them.

🎬 Watch Anton’s full story. Rhino Man is streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube, and Vimeo on Demand. Watch it this weekend with your family. rhinomanthemovie.org. Links in bio.

#WorldRangerDay #RhinoMan #AntonMzimba #Rangers #Conservation

329

13

We stand with the world’s rangers. 🌍

This Friday, July 31, is the 20th World Ranger Day. But we are not waiting until Friday, because rangers do not wait either. Right now, somewhere in the Greater Kruger and in wild places around the world, rangers are out on patrol. Reading tracks. Checking fences. Walking the line between wildlife and the people who would destroy it.

The job is bigger than most people ever see. Rangers protect wildlife, preserve wild places, support the communities around them, and risk their lives doing it. They are teachers, trackers, first responders, and neighbors. They miss birthdays and holidays. They work in heat and dark and danger, usually without recognition and too often without the support they deserve.

We spent eight years filming alongside the rangers of the Greater Kruger, from their first days of training to the front lines. They changed how we see the world, and we made Rhino Man so they could change how the world sees them.

🎬 So here is our ask this World Ranger Day week. Gather your friends and family this weekend and watch their story. Rhino Man is streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Google Play. Learn more at rhinomanthemovie.org. Links in bio.

To every ranger walking out on patrol this morning: we see you. Thank you. 💚

#WorldRangerDay #Rangers #RhinoMan #ThinGreenLine #Conservation

113

2

Every day, wildlife rangers put their lives on the line to protect some of the last wild places on Earth. Too many never make it home.

This World Ranger Day, we’d love to help you honor their sacrifice by bringing Rhino Man to your community. 🦏

For this weekend only, we’re offering 75% off our Community Screening License—bringing the cost to under $25. 🌟

With your screening, you’ll receive:
• Full access to Rhino Man
• A discussion guide
• Promotional materials
• Everything you need to host a meaningful screening for your family, friends, school, church, workplace, or local community.

Whether it’s five people in your living room or fifty at your local community center, every screening helps shine a light on the courage, sacrifice, and humanity of wildlife rangers.

Use code WORLDRANGERDAY at checkout.

Learn more and host a screening links in bio:
rhinomanthemovie.org/community-screenings/

Together, let’s make sure the people protecting our planet’s wildlife know they are seen.

#WorldRangerDay #RhinoMan #Conservation #WildlifeRangers #ProtectTheProtectors

59

1

Four years ago today, we lost Anton Mzimba.

He was killed at his home in the evening, after months of threats, because he refused to stop protecting the wild places he loved. Four years later, no one has been brought to justice.

Anton is the heart of Rhino Man. Over eight years of filming, our cameras captured what everyone who met him already knew. He was one of the finest rangers Africa has ever produced, and he carried one of the world’s most dangerous jobs with warmth, humor, and hope. The world knew him as a ranger. His family knew him as the man who came home from days in the bush and taught his children the name of every tree.

This year, his son Jafet shared a memory with us. When he told his father he wanted to follow him into this work, Anton froze. He said the job was too dangerous. But in the end he gave his blessing: “Maybe you are the one who will follow my steps. I am proud of you, son.”

Jafet is training as a conservationist right now. Anton’s dream did not die with him. It got up and kept walking.

“Honoring rangers has to mean more than gratitude,” says director John Jurko II, who spent those years filming at Anton’s side. “It has to mean justice. We will not let Anton’s name fade.”

Anton once said that saving the rhino was like saving himself, his life, and the life of his children’s children. He gave everything for that belief. The least we can do is keep it alive.

🕯️ Today, on his anniversary, watch his story. Rhino Man is streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Google Play. Watch it in his memory. Share it with someone who needs to know his name.

✊ And if his story moves you, stand with his family in the pursuit of justice. Donate, sign the petition, and spread the word at justiceforanton.org.

Learn more at rhinomanthemovie.org. Links in bio.

🙏 Anton Mzimba, 1980 to 2022

#JusticeForAnton #WorldRangerDay #RhinoMan #AntonMzimba #Rangers

745

15

This Earth Day, we’re celebrating the people on the front lines — the rangers who risk their lives every day to protect the wild places and species we all depend on.

RHINO MAN follows Anton Mzimba and the rangers of South Africa’s Timbavati Reserve as they stand between rhinos and extinction. It’s a story of courage, loss, and the people who refuse to give up on this planet.

Honor the protectors. Watch their story tonight.
→ Rent on Apple TV, Amazon, or Google Play
🔗 rhinomanthemovie.org

#EarthDay #RhinoMan #Rangers #Conservation

53

2

Today at Crufts @crufts at NEC Birmingham, UK, come check out the Dogs4Wildlife @dogs4wildlife Booth, Hall 4 Stand 56!

Thanks to Paige @just_a_girl_mad_about_rhinos for the pics!! Also see Sudan at the booth!!

18

1

“I don’t want to be like everybody else.”
Because average dogs aren’t built like this.
Engagement before obedience, connection before control.
Training that actually shows up under pressure.
Featuring the Voilà Ultimate Sealable Pouch in Bark, because clean delivery, fast access, and zero distractions matter when the rewarding counts 🐾
💬 Comment ENGAGEMENT if this is your style of training. #caninemastery #canberradogs #dogtrainingaustralia #dogsofcanberra #doggearaustralia

24

6

1️⃣2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ days since South African ranger Anton Mzimba was murdered.

No arrests. No convictions. No justice.

“If these criminals can operate with impunity, how can we expect rangers to do their critical jobs? Anton’s case must be an example. Justice must be served. I’m still here. “ ~@ellobo88

DM me if you’d like to create a similar video and show your support.

To donate, sign our petition, and learn more go to: justiceforanton.org

#justiceforanton #rhinoman

22

2