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Lorinda Hern

Rhino Rescue staff collect DNA samples from an animal during a procedure.

Poisoning rhino horns doesn’t hurt the rhinos, but it may keep poachers away

Environment

A rhino can cost a wildlife park more than $20,000 at auction — but its horn alone can be worth 10 times that much. Many parks and wildlife reserves are buying insurance to protect their investments, and that means an unusual requirement: poisoning the rhinos’ horns to ward off poachers.

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