In defence of the prehistoric

History is littered with extinctions where human neglect, recklessness or ignorance resulted in the complete erasure of a species. For three decades in Botswana, specially trained armed forces, wildlife officers and conservationists have been holding hands as a human shield around the handful of rhinos still in the wild. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports on a week in which the country’s success in this regard was revealed as globally phenomenal.