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How to stop rhino poaching: make their horns radioactive
In 2015 alone, 1,349 rhinos were poached in Africa. In the years since, those numbers have decreased, but at least one rhinoceros is still killed every day. To tackle this problem, a group of researchers has come up with an out-of-the-box idea—we mean really out of the box. Make their horns radioactive.
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