A modern day war
WE are at an undisclosed location, getting ready to witness the darting, data collection and micro-chipping of a pair of rhino.
A convoy of bakkies is ready to go and a Bell Jetranger hovers overhead. The call comes over the radio that a rhino has been spotted and the helicopter leads the way. The rhino is darted from the air and followed until it comes to rest.
I thought that looking for a rhino in thick bush would be a time-consuming exercise but clearly, if you know where to look, they are not that difficult to find from the air.
As the ground team nears the site of the helicopter, we quickly realise the rhino has come to a standstill in an area covered by thick shrubbery. We leg it on foot for a few hundred metres until we catch up to the little guy.
