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March 2026

THE ARTICLE BY JESS STEVENS ON black rhinos in Namibia ('My only option was to pretend to be a tree', October 2025) reminded me of my visits there more than 20 years ago, when I volunteered for various conservation projects.

One of these was with Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) Namibia, where I was engaged in tracking, monitoring and identifying black rhinos in the Kunene region.

As a fundraising project, I decided that I would produce postcards of the rhinos. I was out tracking rhinos with the director of research, the late Mike Hearn, and we decided to try to get some good images for my postcards. Mike's 10 years in the bush had turned him into an intrepid soul, who relied totally on the rhinos' poor eyesight for his survival! While I was hiding behind rocks, he was standing totally exposed, taking photos. We decided on five images and I got a thousand of each printed.

SRT Namibia continues to flourish and the black rhino population there is increasing annually.

Peter Thomas, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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