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Conservationists are giving rhinos radioactive horns to save them from poachers
Conservation scientists in South Africa are injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. The doses are too weak to harm the animals, but strong enough to set off nuclear security system alarms at international border crossings.
Scientists inject rhino horns with radioactive material to combat poaching
In an effort to combat the poaching of rhinos in South Africa, the Rhisotope Project is injecting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter traffickers. Injecting a small amount of radioactive material into the horns makes them detectable by radiation portal monitors already deployed at borders,
This totally heartbreaking video shows the grim reality of wildlife poaching as a baby rhino mourns its dead mother.
Rhino horn is what this war is being fought over; it is still so valuable to poachers that it's immediately whisked off the property to a secret location, out of the reach of criminal syndicates.
NEW YORK — 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.
Rhino horns are among the most valuable products in the wildlife black market. The appendages have been sold for as high as $400,000 per kilogram — or about $11,000 an ounce — outpacing the ...
The rhino horn is made of nothing more than keratin, the main component in human fingernails. Yet in Vietnam and China, the horn is prized as a folk remedy for hangovers and a way to increase ...
Pembient's method is one of several radical responses to the rhino crisis. The Sabi Sand Reserve, South Africa, are injecting rhino horns with poison dye that turns them pink as a deterrence.
Rhino poaching has been on the rise in the past few years. In South Africa and other regions where rhinos run, poachers have been killing or darting rhinos with tranquilizers for their horns.
By making rhino horns detectable and traceable, the Rhisotope Project aims to create a powerful deterrent for traffickers.
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