African Wildlife and Environment Issue 67

Game ranger stories: ANOTHER DAY IN THE AFRICAN OFFICE

Bryan Havemann

Waking up to the sound of a Fiery-necked Nightjar calling its urgent “Good Lord deliver us” rendition, I rolled out of bed and pulled on my khakis, and slipped on my boots making sure the laces were done up tight. I pulled the canvas gators over my socks, so that the Aristida and Tragus grass seeds would not build up like a frenzied Velcro factory during the morning walk.

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