South Africa protects rhinos with reconnaissance aircraft

The South African government will use a spy plane to combat rhino poaching.

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Two black rhinos in South Africa. (Photo: csmonitor.com)

Reconnaissance planes, equipped with thermal cameras to detect poachers in the dark, will patrol above Kruger National Park. Two-thirds of South Africa's rhinos live in Kruger National Park, which borders Mozambique.

The Ichikowitz Family Foundation is an organization that sponsors reconnaissance aircraft to perform rhino protection. Ivor Ichikowitz, president of the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, confirmed that the camera will help spy planes detect poachers everywhere in Kruger National Park.

South Africa is the most rhino country in the world, with about 18,000 white rhinos and 1,700 black rhinos. Poachers have killed 588 rhinos in South Africa since early this year. Meanwhile, the number of rhinos that died from poaching in this country in 2007 was only 13. The number of rhinos losing lives soared due to organized crime organizations and modern weapons involved in activities. Hunting rhinos.

This year South African officials armed their security guards at several national parks and deployed patrol dogs to prevent poachers.