John Hare‎,‎ the last recruit into the British colonial administration in northern Nigeria‎,‎ worked in remote areas on the Cameroon/Nigeria border and later with the UN in Kenya‎.‎ Deeply concerned for the endangered wild Bactrian camel in China and Mongolia he was involved in setting up one of the largest nature reserves in the world‎.‎ He is the author of The Lost Camels of Tartary about his wild camel expeditions in Central Asia‎,‎ and over 30 books for children‎.‎