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 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.

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.