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First radioactive rhino horns to curb poaching in S. Africa

The radioactive material would "render the horn useless... essentially poisonous for human consumption" added Nithaya Chetty, professor and dean of science at the same university.

At the Limpopo rhino orphanage in the Waterberg area, northeast of the country, a few of the thick-skinned herbivores grazed in the low savannah. (Photo by AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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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

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Radioactive material
Rhino horns
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Poaching