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arc VICHIIIS In |L In the ri\'cr'» fickle K - , —' ’ _ V ,
dim-rinn cllnngn. have In change. * -‘ ' V w
some die. lmiiically ihc mic (hing - - ' -~_ ‘ _ - * '
link is cunsislcnl is this unrcliahie . ‘ ‘ _ »
river. "lb: water dmngcs by (he ‘ _ V '— '_ ’ > _;
minul-2. and each ycar people ksnk v‘ '- _ Y
to the Rain Quecn. or Ihr: water
lvvcl I-rndings is il criic-rs B(>ls\\'and. , \
dmughl years and Hoods. hm ‘
uver ume, ii is ihcre. and if we do ‘ ‘_
nolhing lu dcstruy it. it will always ”‘
he lhcrc. Perhaps.
As we lmck down. puma lhc
SW1ll1mil‘lg]i(Il|\. bcyunsl lhc herds \
ol'c!epl1:inL\. \\'t' rind our way In ‘ ,
the {ringc of me walcr. -I place i ‘ -
wlicrc painted 403,- [lick ofillinw ‘ / 1 ,
who made had decisions around »
ihcir awn waicr management. ‘ ..
or perhaps wI\o'< lune Jusl \‘.'.\nlL'. ‘
"Dian.-airclbwcrIh.In-1,500 African ~ - - ' I
Puivllcd hugs [ch in .~\l'ric:i. so A‘ , ‘ V .:
spcluhng lime wilh them is more ' ‘
valuablc than gnid if. an [ du, you ‘
sec unit as being prccitiua, I call
our ihinl pm or ihu mics, lnfcmu.
lhal zransiiiun lu l)auu»'s hcll. yusl
hrtaute -if Ihc haul and luck or
greciicry and water. but for mu ii is
um: oi’ llie nmxl hcaiuliful r€ICL‘.\ oi‘
the dell: iisi.-ll", a plaice where herds
rush in In find um wnlcr, wiim
:,cbr.i.-. move In l|II.'iI‘ ihousunih.
0-_ ‘*-
Thy R||M:The conlronlalimi -
between m endangered species
and an anlulope, a Vediwal
walerbuck hybvid um we tail
a Watchwe" mm reluge m the
wmr mam a pack oi lflncan
Painted Dag:
mow: the exlveme ML-3| am: ,
l inanynnimalsinm walev ms § .
Painted Dog mm a mcmenl lo 1, ‘‘.- re
find sum: reliei VII iii: walev on _"'
me edge oi <. spillway, . u.
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