Rhinos with poison-infused horns are roaming the bush in South Africa, frightening away poachers

Rhinos with poison-infused horns are roaming the bush in South Africa, frightening away poachers

Posted: 21 Mar 2015 10:00 PM PDT

Rhinos with poison-infused horns are roaming the bush in South Africa, frightening away poachers who don't want sell a toxic product to their clients in Asia. At least that's what Lorina Hern hopes. Hern, the co-founder of the Rhino Rescue Project, has spent the last four years "devaluing" the horns of rhinos by infusing them with ectoparasiticides — or anti-parasite drugs — and pink dye. The dye isn't visble on the outside, and the ectoparasiticides are harmless to the rhinos when injected into their horns. But humans who handle or consume the horns may not be so lucky.