How ‘spies’ are saving SA’s rhinos
Technology is helping to turn to war against poachers
24 November 2022 - 05:00
Sensors in the bush that can pick up unusual veld vibrations and even detect metal objects such as weapons are helping to turn the war against wildlife poachers. But the man leading the fight says only people can make that technology work.
Johan Jooste, a retired army general, says the game rangers fighting the antipoaching war need every bit of help, and for them technology is a force multiplier. What is available to them includes radar, good surveillance of large areas such as the Kruger National Park, an early-warning system, detection by drones — and those sensors...
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