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New tracking technology will help fight rhino poaching in Namibia – EurekAlert
Interactive software that ‘reads’ and analyzes footprints left by black rhinoceroses can be used to monitor the movements of the animals in the wild, giving conservationists a new way to keep watch on the endangered species and help keep it safe from poachers…
IMAGE: A black rhino and its calf; new technology that uses software to read unique features of rhino footprints will help protect this endangered species from poachers.
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DURHAM, N.C. — Interactive software that “reads” and analyzes footprints left by black rhinoceroses can be used to monitor the movements of the animals in the wild, giving conservationists a new way to keep watch on the endangered species and help keep it safe from poachers, according to a Duke …
