DR Eugene Reynders- ERAVS

01/06/2026

Working on a 21yo retired TB, great response and release 🐴😎

01/06/2026

Working on a 21yo retired TB, great response and release 🐴😎

25/05/2026

Dr Eugene Reynders will be away 1-7 June up in Gauteng, if anyone would like their horse/s treated please pop me a msg. I will be in the Forways, Kyalami area.

Eugene 076 339 5930

25/05/2026

Dr Reynders will be treating horses In the somerset west area later this week If anyone would like their horse/s treated please let me know. Eugene 076 339 5930

25/05/2026

Treating horses at Haven of Hope equine aid centre. Trotting up, examining horses, checking lungs and general vet duties besides my treatment of adjustments and acupuncture

25/05/2026

Doing what I do 🐴 💙🥕

25/05/2026

For the love of animals 🐴🐘…it’s amazing how “they” know ❤️❤️

In Kruger National Park, South Africa, veteran ranger Sipho Nkosi suffered a heart attack while on solo patrol. His vehicle was found empty, and search teams began looking for him.

What the park’s remote trail cameras revealed broke the hearts of everyone who saw the footage.

An old bull elephant — known to rangers as “Mnumzane” (Zulu for “Sir”) — had found Sipho’s body. For three full days and nights, the elephant refused to leave. He stood guard, gently touching the ranger with his trunk, chasing away hyenas and jackals that came too close, and even covering parts of the body with branches and leaves.

On the third night, the elephant was still there — visibly grieving, swaying slowly beside his fallen friend. Only when the full recovery team arrived with vehicles did Mnumzane finally step back, watching solemnly as they carried Sipho away.

Park officials later confirmed that Sipho had rescued this same elephant as a calf years earlier after poachers killed his mother. The elephant had never forgotten.

One colleague who viewed the footage whispered:

“He didn’t come to say goodbye. He came to make sure no one disrespected his brother.”

Mnumzane still visits the exact spot regularly. Rangers now leave fresh water and fruit there in honor of both.

25/05/2026