Ted Reilly, doyen of wildlife conservation and Head of the Kingdom of Swaziland’s Big Game Parks   has formally accepted our invitation to become a patron of The Conservation Imperative alongside the late Dr. Ian Player.

His contribution to rhino conservation especially ranks among the most significant and accordingly he takes up a deserved place alongside the late Dr. Ian Player as our second patron. Please see his acceptance note below.

Dear Dave

Thank you for your mail. I am truly honoured by your invitation to Patronship of The Conservation Imperative and if you really think it appropriate for me to occupy such an elite position alongside Ian Player, then of course I accept. What more can I say?

Thank you so much for this honour and if there is anything we can do to enhance Ian’s philosophies of sustainable utilization of natural resources, which we both subscribe to, please let me know.

Again, thank you so much from the whole Reilly family.

Kind Regards

Ted.