"You could always find the rhino. Some people have binoculars, some people are expert trackers," says CNN's John Sutter. "And we look and we look and nobody can find a rhino." A veterinarian tranquilizes two drowsy rhinos by shooting them with heavy-duty tranquilizer. The first time they did these operations all went blind.
For years, park rangers in South Africa have tried to stop poachers who kill rhinos for their valuable horns. But it’s impossible to keep up–and rhinoceros populations have continued to fall. Bloomberg Businessweek contributor Jonathan Franklin reports that now, the rangers are taking a creative new approach to outmaneuver the poachers—and protect the animals.
Read more: A Rhino Is Worth More Dead Than Alive
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