Rhinoceroses are common sights within Pilanesberg. Operation Genesis, launched in the 1970s, reintroduced species long gone from the area. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Birds hang out in the trees, where no rhino or elephant can step. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
The black-backed jackal is small and adaptable. The fossil record suggests that it is the oldest species in the genus Canis. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A Wildebeest looms on a ridge. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
A vervet monkey searches through trash from the Pilanesberg Centre. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
