Harrison’s mind raced as he surveyed the scene, the calf was alive yet terrified, and the mother hippo hovered nearby with desperate hope. Moving cautiously toward the cage, he knew the poachers might return at any moment and that freeing the calf was imperative for its survival.
Remembering the small camping knife in his bag, Harrison quickly retrieved it and set to work on the ropes binding the cage door. With the mother hippo watching intently and urging him on, his thoughts whirled with plans for a swift escape once the calf was freed from its confines.