A speed racer in the bush comes to mind when you think of Ted Reilly in his old Mazda as he makes his way along the roads in the Mkhaya Game Reserve on the eastern side of Swaziland.He races along the dirt roads with the certainty of someone who has driven on them for decades and knows the land. He stops only at a fork or bend to check the mini-bus carrying journalists that is attempting to keep up. A few moments later he stops again; to the right, a black rhino and her calf stand under the shade, surprised by the appearance of Reilly’s car.Reilly and his wife Liz are behind a proposal made to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in the hopes of legalising the trade of Swaziland’s rhino horn. The organisation is meeting in Johannesburg this month.Not the most popular of ideas, it seems, as the Cites secretariat, along with other organisations such as the WWF, has already recommended that the idea be rejected. Nevertheless, the Reillys’ proposal will be...
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