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20 hours ago · Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching. The idea is that radiation detectors already in ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Enter a company halfway across the world: Aeronavics. The aerial robotics company is run out of the Waikato and was approached by fellow Raglan local Sarah Jones from the Tusk and Horn Wildlife Trust and asked if its technology could have anti-poaching applications.
2 days ago · South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.The country ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Chloe Davidson. June 10, 2024. The Northern white rhinos are extinct in the wild, but why? Through this story map I will be focusing on how humans have impacted the northern white rhinos and subsequent consequences because of those interactions.
2 days ago · Injecting radioactive material into live rhino horns, the Rhisotope project has found a new way to curb poaching in South Africa, home to about 15,000 rhinos. By placing small chips in the thick-skinned herbivores' horns, the team is effectively rendering them poisonous for human consumption and easily detectable.
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5 days ago · The two researchers show how the average travel distance of poachers to their first encounter with a rhino (this is called poaching effort) increases when the number of rhinos in a given area decreases.
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Jun 14, 2024 · Poaching is again driving rhinos to the brink of extinction due to the demand for rhino horn products consumed for cultural, medicinal, and social purposes.
