US EditionScientists in South Africa are making rhino horns radioactive to fight poaching (copy)
SOUTH AFRICA, AUG 5 – The Rhisotope Project injects rhino horns with harmless radioactive isotopes to deter poachers and enable detection at borders; South Africa loses about 500 rhinos annually to poaching.
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Scientists Make Rhino Horns Radioactive to Fight Poaching
MOKOPANE, South Africa (AP) — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign July 31 to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.
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In Mokopane, South Africa, researchers inject radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinoceros, claiming that these isotopes are harmless, but detectable by customs inspectors.
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