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Russelas is a black rhino calf from Nairobi National Park in Kenya. While visiting Maasai herdsmen, young Russelas awakes to discover his horn has been cut off! Not happy to live without his horn, he sets out to find it. This search takes Russelas along the route of the illicit rhino horn trade, through Kenya to India, Hong Kong, Singapore and finally into Yemen. Russelas escapes poachers, travels... More

Russelas is a black rhino calf from Nairobi National Park in Kenya. While visiting Maasai herdsmen, young Russelas awakes to discover his horn has been cut off! Not happy to live without his horn, he sets out to find it. This search takes Russelas along the route of the illicit rhino horn trade, through Kenya to India, Hong Kong, Singapore and finally into Yemen. Russelas escapes poachers, travels on a dhow, visits medicine shops, rides an Indian elephant, meets the four other rhino species and finally finds his missing horn has been transformed into a Yemeni dagger handle. A full collection of facts complements the fantastic tale, to help us learn about our world's rhinos, and some geography too!


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