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Scientists in South Africa are inserting safe radioactive isotopes into rhino horns, making them detectable at borders and worthless to poachers. After six years of development and successful testing on 20 rhinos, the groundbreaking Rhisotope Project is now being deployed across game reserves.
Scientists in South Africa are inserting harmless radioactive pellets into rhino horns, making them detectable at borders and unsafe to consume. The innovative approach has already proven it can spot a single horn hidden in a shipping container.
South Africa saved 68 more rhinos in 2025 than the year before, thanks to better technology, stronger teamwork, and a groundbreaking dehorning program. Wildlife rangers are proving that smart strategy and international cooperation can turn the tide against poachers.
India's Assam state has achieved over two years without a single rhino killed by poachers, protecting a species that once lost 27 animals annually to illegal hunting. A combination of tough laws, community support, and innovative conservation efforts has saved the world's largest population of one-horned rhinos.