Built into the horn of cameras will help save rhinos from poachers

Protect British organization dedicated to the preservation of the environment, created a system of surveillance of the rhinos and their surrounding world, according to N+1. System includes monitor, camera, and GPS tracker and is designed to protect rhinos in South Africa from poachers.

Using the heart rate monitor specialists can monitor the behavior of Rhino and track the spikes in heart rate. After fixing this surge, the system sends a notification and location data of a rhinoceros in the surveillance center.

After receiving the alarm, the operator can remotely turn on a small camera, mounted in a small recess in the horn of the animal. If Rhino would face a real danger from the poachers, the operator can quickly call security. According to representatives of the Protect, even if an attacker manage to kill a Rhino, he will not be able to get away with it.

Was published on YouTube a video demonstrating the built-in camera of Rhino horn. As writes The Verge, at present, the monitoring system being tested, and experts Protect looking for ways to extend the battery life of its elements.

Interested in Rhino poaching because of its horn, which is valued as the raw material for jewelry and is used in folk medicine for the manufacture of various "elixirs of longevity." In 2014, poachers in South Africa killed more than 1,200 rhinos. Because of poachers, the Western subspecies of black Rhino probably is on the verge of extinction or already extinct: the researchers in Cameroon are unable to find any specimens since 2006.

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