South African Conservationist Ian Player Dies

Ian Player - who is credited with saving the white rhino from extinction in KwaZulu-Natal in the 1950s - has been described as a conservation icon.

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The Khama Rhino Sanctuary is a community based wildlife project, established in 1992 to assist in saving the vanishing rhinoceros, restore an area formerly teeming with wildlife to its previous natural state and provide economic benefits to the local Botswana community through tourism and the sustainable use of natural resources.

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