rewilding project

Klerksdorp, South Africa — As I scraped away the morning frost from my tent, I pondered the suitability of this highveld for white rhinos. Yet, just a short drive from Johannesburg, the world’s largest private herd of white rhinos thrives here. This impressive 2,000-strong herd, Ceratotherium simum, constitutes 12% of the remaining global population. An hour later, I was struggling across a grassy paddock, pulling a thick rope tied to a tranquilized 2.2-ton rhino. My muscles ached, and my breath