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Threatened rhinos get a leg up via technology
Sensors, scanners and wireless networks part of game reserve's arsenal to deter poachers
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Linette Lai In Mpumalanga (South Africa), Linette Lai
In a South African game reserve, technology is saving the lives of one of the planet's most threatened animals: the rhinoceros.
Five years ago, one rhino there was killed for its horn almost every week. But the deaths have stopped entirely since the start of last year, after the reserve began using high-tech means to keep poachers out.
