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Scientists in South Africa are making rhino horns radioactive to fight poaching

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01-08-2025 11:48 HKT
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Professor James Larkin drills a hole into a rhinos horn to inject with radioactive isotopes, at a rhino orphanage in Mokopane, South Africa, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
Professor James Larkin drills a hole into a rhinos horn to inject with radioactive isotopes, at a rhino orphanage in Mokopane, South Africa, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
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