Rhinos get new help against poachers -- the Seeker | Synopsis

Rhinos get new help against poachers -- the Seeker

Leopard - Kruger National Park, South Africa by thomas_sly
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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa -- The war against rhino poaching has taken to the skies, with South Africa deploying a high-tech, low-speed reconnaissance aircraft to detect illegal hunters before they strike. "This is a war. You cannot take a stick to a gunfight," said Ivor Ichikowitz, chairman of Africa's largest privately held defense firm, Paramount, which manufactured the plane donated to the South Africa National Park Service. Home to nearly all the continent's rhinos, South Africa is on the frontline of a poaching war where criminals with high-powered weapons, night vision goggles and even helicopters have been killing the animals for their horns, which sell at prices higher than gold in Asia as a traditional medicine.

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Country: South Africa

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Disambiguation: Location | GovernmentalJurisdictionReferences:

• South Africa: dbpedia
• South Africa: freebase
• South Africa: ciaFactbook
• South Africa: umbel
• South Africa: opencyc
• South Africa: yago

Facility: KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

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