POWER OF THE PACK: Kruger Park using hounds trained to track down rhino poachers

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POWER OF THE PACK: Kruger Park using hounds trained to track down rhino poachers
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There can be nothing more terrifying for a poacher than to hear an off-leash pack of baying hounds bearing down on him.

November 22, 2022

Kruger Park using hounds trained to track down rhino poachers by Don Pinnock, Daily Maverick November 22, 2022 Rhino poachers entering Kruger National Park are increasingly being run down by packs of unleashed hunting hounds in full cry, followed by a chopper tracking their hi-tech GPS collars. As the baying pack approaches, the poacher has no idea the dogs are trained to not attack. They won’t bite him , but if he tries to harm the dogs, rangers will fire from the chopper.

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