Contents -- A Black Rhino Time Line -- Map -- I: YEAR OF THE MOPANE FLY [1991] -- 1. In the Rhino's Path -- 2. Bumbling around in the Bush -- 3. Trial by Fire -- 4. Etosha -- 5. Dark Nights and Moonlight -- 6. Mom -- 7. The Unforgiving Desert -- 8. A Tracker Appears -- 9. It Depends on Your Perspective -- 10. Through the Eyes of a Poacher -- 11. "The Missus" -- II: YEAR OF THE TSONGOLOLO [1992] -- 12. A Caprivi Crossing -- 13. Rhino Illusions -- 14. Namib Edge -- 15. Buried in Sand -- 16. Lions and Hyenas -- 17. The Dead and the Brave -- 18. Concrete Corridors -- 19. Of Science and Ecology -- III: YEAR OF THE SCORPION [1993] -- 20. The Europa Hof -- 21. Trails of Dust -- 22. Of Moths and Maggots -- 23. The Zimbabwe Massacre -- 24. Missing Calves -- 25. The Witch Doctor's Revenge -- 26. The Pelvis and the Lion -- 27. Horn Traders -- IV: YEAR OF THE HUMAN [1994] -- 28. Rhino Rhetoric -- 29. Xenophobia -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.