Confronted by a wounded killer, a game ranger has only two choices: fight or die

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Interesting short article about the life of an African game ranger

The Voice from the Lion’s Mouth By Hannes Wessels - Confronted by a wounded killer, a game ranger has only two choices: fight or die

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Born of the struggle of frontiersmen dispatched in the name of Queen Victoria by Cecil Rhodes, the country once known as Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was famous for producing colorful characters. The dust and gun smoke had barely disappeared when these settlers began hacking a state out of the African wilderness.

It was from this hearty tradition that Dan Asher emerged. Born in the midlands before Rhodesia declared independence from Britain in 1965, he grew up in the little farming center of Kadoma. From a rise on the north side of the hamlet, the town hall lorded over the village with grace and colonial grandeur. The streets, lined with jacarandas and flamboyants, were shrouded in purple and scarlet, which yielded to the green of the surrounding hills. But the small community held little interest for the boy, who felt more comfortable bushwhacking than warming a seat in a classroom.