rhinoceros
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Scientists Inject Radioactive Material Into Live Rhino Horns Making Them Poisonous to Humans
Scientists in South Africa are now injecting the horns of live rhinos with non-toxic radioactive isotopes to make the horns unfit for human consumption and allow for easier tracking at international border crossings, according to a press release from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Launched on Tuesday by the university’s Radiation and Health…
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Kenya Torched 5 Per Cent Of The World’s Stockpiled Ivory
Over the weekend, Kenya set ablaze 105 tonnes of stockpiled ivory in a measure designed to discourage the poaching of elephants and rhinoceros in the country. The blaze was the biggest of its kind in history.