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    The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
    The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
    The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
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    The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures

    Written by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence

    Narrated by Simon Vance

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    When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony recounts his attempts to save these remarkable animals.

    The demand for rhino horns in the Far East has turned poaching into a dangerous black market that threatens the lives of not just these rare beasts, but also the rangers who protect them.

    The northern white rhino's last refuge was in an area controlled by the infamous Lord's Resistance Army, one of the most vicious rebel groups in the world. In the face of unmoving government bureaucracy, Anthony made a perilous journey deep into the jungle to try to find and convince them to help save the rhino.

    An inspiring story of conservation in the face of brutal war and bureaucratic quagmires, The Last Rhinos will move animal lovers everywhere.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 7, 2013
    ISBN9781452685199
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    Lawrence Anthony

    Lawrence Anthony was a highly-respected conservationist and co-founder of The Earth Organization, an international environmental group. He is the author of The Elephant Whisperer, about his time with a herd of 'rogue' elephants, and Babylon's Ark, about his involvement in saving the animals in Baghdad Zoo, and The Last Rhinos, detailing his involvement in rescuing the remaining Northern White Rhinos in the Congo. He sadly died in 2012.

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    • 5/5
      Having recently read The Elephant Whisperer I had high expectations for The Last Rhinos and was not disappointed. It's a different mood though, darker and somewhat terrifying as Anthony travels to the Congo to visit The Lords Resistance Army in a last ditch effort to save the Northern White Rhino. Some of the things Anthony does are incredible, surreal, but it's a great insight into the problems of conservation in Africa and why the Rhinos and other species are endangered. Unexpectedly I gained a new understanding of the LRA that runs counter to their reputation as terrorists. So this book is somewhat more wide ranging dealing with rhinos, the politics of conservation, the conflict in Uganda and the LRA, with interludes back in South Africa including some wonderful stories of a 7-year drought; and the introduction of a new bull elephant into the herd. The book was published in 2012 around the same time Lawrence unexpectedly died of a heart attack so the epilogue provides closure and forward looking thoughts. For any fan of Africa wildlife (and who isn't) this and the other books co-written with Spence are truly superb, a rare treat not soon forgotten.
    • 4/5
      A good read on a very important topic
    • 4/5
      This book was not quite what I thought it was going to be about. I mean it was about rhinos but there was a whole section on the Lord's Resistance Army and then poaching and conservation generally. It was fascinating though and made me miss Africa badly. It is an interesting overview of life on a game reserve as well as the challenges of conservation and saving wild animals.
    • 4/5
      Excellent story-telling. This is a biography and an epitaph. The story is inspiring but yet sad. I strongly recommend the book.
    • 5/5
      After reading the Elephant Whisperer I could not wait to read another of Lawrence Anthony's books. This book is best read after the Elephant Whisperer because it continues the story of the animals on and off the reserve and the many adventures related to them. It brought me back to our wonderful time spent in Africa and also feeling the shock and outrage towards poachers. We as human beings are actually guests stepping into the animal world when in Africa on the reserves and Anthony is very attuned to this truth. He is truly inspirational in working to protect and save these remarkable creatures. Knowing how to get things to happen in the "African way and time" is his greatest achievement.
    • 5/5
      After reading the Elephant Whisperer and Saving the Baghdad Zoo I was anxious to read this follow up “The Last Rhinos” and it did not disappoint. It was at times exciting and at other times deeply saddening but such is the life of working in Wildlife Conservation. I enjoyed it very much.
      Next I plan to read the next follow-up
      “An Elephant in My Kitchen” by
      Francoise Malay - Anthony Anthony.
    • 4/5
      Lawrence Anthony was running a game reserve in South Africa when he heard that there were only about 15 northern white rhinos left in one reserve in the Congo. Unfortunately, the reserve had been abandoned by the people meant to protect the rhinos because of the presence of a terrorist group, the Lord’s Resistance Army. Lawrence was still worried about those rhinos, so he gathered a group of people who were willing to help and went to government officials to see if he could convince them to allow him and his people to rescue the rhinos to take them somewhere safe. In amidst all this, Lawrence ended up negotiating with the LRA for peace, while trying to enlist their help in protecting the rhinos. I really liked this, even though there was more politics in the book than I’d expected. The start and end of the book focused on the rhinos and the animals in Lawrence’s own reserve, but most of the middle of it was his negotiations with the LRA. Even so, it was written in a way that I was quite interested in how it would all go, both with the animals and with the peace negotiations.