Florida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes

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by Cody Jackson, David Fischer, The Associated Press
February 18, 2026
Animal behaviorists saved one of the remaining 16,000 southern white rhinos by acclimatizing the rhino to human touch and the uncomfortable sensation of eye drops.
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Originally published on Fortune on 2/18/2026
Florida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes