Kenya will place microchips in the horn of every rhino in the - TopicsExpress



          

Kenya will place microchips in the horn of every rhino in the country in a bid to stamp out a surge in poaching the threatened animals, wildlife officials say. Kenya has just over 1,000 rhinos, and the tiny chips will be inserted and hidden in the horn, which is made of keratin, the same material as fingernails or hardened hair. Poachers are getting more sophisticated in their approach, Paul Udoto, spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), told AFP news agency. So it is vital that conservation efforts also follow and embrace the use of more sophisticated technology to counter the killing of wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund donated the chips as well as five scanners at a cost of $15,000, although tracking the rhino to dart them and fit the device will cost considerably more.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:08:28 +0000

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