The White Rhino Saga by Ian Player | Uncorrected Advance Proof

The White Rhino Saga

by Ian Player

"A book for every lover of the wild"  Alan Paton

The White Rhino Saga is more relevant than ever as our rhino population faces a deadly poaching onslaught. 

From Ian Players first visit to the Umfolozi Game Reserve in South Africas Zululand in 1952, the salvation of the white rhino from extinction became an obsession with him. The white rhino, the second largest animal in the world, had roamed over the southern half of the African continent in large numbers during the nineteenth century and before. By the 1960s fewer than five hundred remained, confined to 72 000 acres, not nearly enough territory for them to remain healthy and alive.

The problem confronting Ian Player and his coworkers was twofold: how to repopulate the game reserves of Africa where white rhinos had once lived, and how to supply white rhinos to the zoos of the world. The techniques for capturing and transporting the huge animals are fascinating.

Binding: Soft

Book Condition: Bit shabby. Intact.

Edition: Pre-first Edition Uncorrected Proof

Pages: 242

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