208pp., colour illus., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2021
The history of Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa's Eastern Cape. Includes the changing conservation practices and management strategies that have had a positive impact on the park's development, as well as information on the individual species inhabiting the park (both terrestrial and marine).
"Mitch Reardon's Shaping Addo encapsulates a remarkable conservation success story ... presented in a highly readable form with superb photographs." Dr John Hanks, zoologist
Mitch Reardon worked as a ranger in South Africa and Namibia before becoming a wildlife photographer and writer. His books include Shaping Kruger and Etosha: life and death on an African plain.