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Mokopane, South Africa—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 at curbing poaching.
James Larkin, director of the University of the Witwatersrand’s radiation and health physics unit who spearheaded the initiative, told Agence France Presse he had put “two tiny little radioactive chips in the horn” as he administered the radioisotopes on one of the large animals’ horns. Twenty live rhinos in total would be part of the pilot Rhisotope project whereby they would be administered a dose “strong enough to set off detectors that are installed globally” at international border posts originally installed “to prevent nuclear terrorism,” a pleased Larkin said, sporting a green hat and a khaki shirt.
“Maybe this is the thing that will stop poaching,” the tall, slim-built conservationist said. “This is the best idea I’ve ever heard.”
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