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Three Chinese men have been arrested for allegedly running a shop in Nha Trang where they sold rhino horns, elephant tusks, ...
Conservation scientists in South Africa are injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. The doses are too weak to harm ...
The process is safe and harmless to the animals, but will allow authorities to detect smuggled horns as they're transported ...
The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there is bad news for other rhino species, ...
A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes, ...
The Rhisotope Project is embedding radioactive isotopes in the horns of rhinos in an effort to prevent poaching. Rhinos previously injected with the isotopes during Rhisotope's test phase turned out ...
South Africa’s New Weapon Against Poachers | Vantage with Palki Sharma South Africa is taking a bold step to stop rhino ...
Scientists have developed a safe way to embed radioactive markers in rhino horns, making them detectable and help combat ...
Scientists in South Africa are injecting rhinos with radioactive material to enable them to track illegal trade and deter ...
Rhino horns are injected with radioactive isotopes. The method is harmless and allows detection by border officials.
A rhinoceros with a radioactive pellet inserted into its horn at a rhino orphanage in Mokopane, Limpopo district, South Africa, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. / Credit: Cebisile Mbonani/Bloomberg via ...
South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world and hundreds of rhinos are poached every year.According to BBC, horns of African rhinos are exported to Asian markets where consumers ...