Thandi is a female Southern white rhinoceros living in Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

After the poaching incident, she was named Thandi, a isiXhosa word which translates to "courage".

[2][3] On 2 March 2012, Thandi and two other rhinoceroses were poached in Kariega Game Reserve.

The other rhinoceros was named Themba and survived for another month before succumbing to his injuries, but the conservationists managed to save Thandi.

[4] Nearly three years after being poached, Thandi gave birth to a calf on 13 January 2015.