Facts About Black Rhinos
The black rhino is a critically endangered hook-lipped browser. Namibia remains a global stronghold — including the last free-roaming, desert-adapted animals, which live without fences on communal land in the north-west.
The Man Who Walks with Rhinos
A broken-down vehicle on a Sunday led welder Simson Uri-Khob into the desert with Namibia’s last free-roaming black rhinos. Over 32 years he went from tracker to CEO of Save the Rhino Trust—walking the land, training community rangers, and fighting to keep these animals alive so his children never have to know them only from photographs.
The B2Gold Gold Bar Initiative
In early 2020, Canadian miner B2Gold did something unusual with metal from its Otjikoto Mine in north-central Namibia. Instead of selling 1,000 ounces of gold into the ordinary market, it minted the metal into a limited run of Namibian Rhino Gold Bars and sold them to raise money for the people who protect the country’s last free-roaming black rhinos.
The Rhino Protector: Simson Uri-Khob
From welder and mechanic to CEO of Save the Rhino Trust: Simson Uri-Khob’s 32-year journey protecting Namibia’s last free-roaming desert-adapted black rhinos. A story of tracking, community rangers, and a promise that these animals will still be here for the next generation.