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A Rhino in my Garden: Love, life and the African bush

✍ Scribed by Conita Walker

Book ID: 100261480
Publisher: Jacana Media
Year: 2016;2018
Tongue: English
Weight: 514 KB
Edition: None edition
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 1431426288

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✦ Synopsis

A story of love and life in the African wild.Conita Walker tells the story of the love match that lured her from the world of international air travel to plunge, somewhat naïvely, into the life of a conservationist. It's a tale of adventure, mishaps, humour and heartbreak.Conita's life begins on a remote missionary station; she survives the WWII bombing of Berlin, witnesses the defeat of political systems in both Europe and South Africa, and eventually finds her true mission in the rescue and hand-rearing of black and white rhino orphans. There was a baby hippo to rescue and re-wild too, conservation organisations to found and support, wilderness battles to fight, but it was the rhinos that became her life's work.Along with Clive, the Walkers' commitment to preserving these magnificent creatures continues to this day, and they form an invaluable part of what is now one of the leading private rhino sanctuaries in South Africa.A Rhino in my Garden is an intimate and loving...

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