And what could possibly have motivated four individuals to travel 9,437 miles from Denver this past October, to the almost mythical country of Nepal, located between the dense jungle plains of India and Tibet, dwarfed by the mighty snow covered Himalayan mountain range, majestic and often visible from almost any location in Nepal? One reason might be that magnificent animal, the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros, which will soon be a featured resident in the Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit due to open in 2012.

While much is known about the black rhino population residing in Denver Zoo's Pachyderm habitat, the trip to Nepal was a fact-finding mission to learn more about the Greater One-Horned Rhino and meet the peoples sharing their habitat. An increasing awareness of the plight of the Greater One-Horned Rhino in reports published by World Wildlife Fund (NGO), preceded the project; in addition to the fascinating