The Mighty Rhino

The odds of seeing one of the two rhinos on the 350,000 acre reserve was, to say the least, against us. But Sonia and I tend to be lucky. The rhino makes four out of the big five. Only the leopard remains.

At the current poaching rate, rhinos will be extinct in the next couple of years. The Chinese, and even more so the Vietnamese, believe their horns cure cancer and are an aphrodisiac. Rhino horns are made of keratin, the same stuff that makes up our finger nails. Nevertheless, ignorance will kill these brilliant creatures before any grandchild of mine has eyes to see.