Researchers Implant Radioactive Isotopes Into Rhino Horns To Protect Them From Poachers
The isotopes are potent enough to trigger detectors worldwide, originally designed to prevent nuclear terrorism.

In a groundbreaking effort to deter poachers, researchers in South Africa are implanting radioactive material into the horns of rhinos to make them worthless for illegal trade by rendering them dangerous for human consumption.
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