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Growing up was tough for Daniel. When he was 11, his father showed up in his life, for the first time, with a gunshot wound to the stomach. He relocated his son, daughter and their mother 400 kilometres away from their loving grandparents and a coastal home to a shack with a dirt floor in outback Queensland. From then on, Daniel fought to maintain a sense of order and purpose amid the chaos of family violence and criminal activity. Inspired by his much-loved grandfather, a WWII veteran, Daniel joined the army.

In 2012 retired South African general Johan Jooste was parachuted into the seemingly unwinnable war against rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park. With poaching spiralling out of control, Jooste was given the mandate to 'go military', to convert Kruger's ranger corps into a para-military force capable of taking the fight to poachers. Aged 60, white, and a veteran of 35 years of military service, Jooste's controversial appointment was immediately met with resentment and hostility by elements of South African National Parks, the police, and even the military he had served with.

Born in Shanghai and shipped to England as a child, Peter Whitehead then made his way to Australia, solo, at the age of 13 in 1938, in order to save his family money. Alone and working in near slave-like conditions as a farm labourer, Whitehead learned the art of breaking wild horses and so began a lifelong love affair with animals. After wartime service as a horse breaker for the army and a gunner on a Liberator bomber, Whitehead headed to Africa and had a richly varied career as an agricultural officer, national parks ranger, big game hunter, animal wrangler and rancher.

The official podcast of International Best-Selling Author Tony Park, featuring the people, places, history and animals of Africa. Join Tony in conversation with the real-life inspirations of his action adventure stories, including anti-poaching specialists, bush vets, conservationists, special forces soldiers, park rangers, and many more. Contact us via email at safariparkpodcast@gmail.com

Tony Parks worked for the Utah Jazz Radio network (1280 the zone and 1320 KFAN) for 18 years in Salt Lake City hosting a daily talk show for 10 years and being the locker room/sideline reporter (home & away) for 14 years. He has been the in-arena host for the Utah Jazz since 2018 & on field emcee for the Salt Lake Bees since 2006. He was named 2018 LLS Man of the Year in the state of Utah for his philanthropic efforts in fighting childhood cancer. He has been married to his wife Natalie for 12 years. They have two daughters Brooklyn & Siobhan.