After my morning safari, Ranawat and I met Sakla Ram near Jeewada village, about 17km from Bera. He had just finished cutting leaves and branches from the trees that border a thinly forested slope. "He has collected fodder for the young ones in his herd," said Ranawat, as we followed the Rabari herdsman. Ram"s lanky, sinewy frame with a neat pack of foliage balanced on his lean shoulders made him look like a walking tree. We soon reached his house in Jeewada, a modest one-storey structure, where he lives with his family and goats.