
Rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers in South Africa
The scheme is the latest innovation in decades of work aiming to protect South Africa’s rhinos.
BBC News
A rhinoceros, commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to South and Southeast Asia.
The scheme is the latest innovation in decades of work aiming to protect South Africa’s rhinos.