The rhino population in Kruger Park is down by 78% over the last decade. There's even talk that the poachers say if we kill every last one, then the price of the horn will go through the roof. So there's this battle to save these last few thousand rhinos. As we've heard that battle is being waged in large part by park rangers.
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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