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       November 15, 2011

　

(CNN Student News) -- November 15, 2011 War Against Poaching AZUZ: Rhinos: definitely easier to say rhinoceroses. Your odds of running into a crash of rhinos aren`t too likely. Part of the reason for that is that the animals -- all five species -- are endangered. Last Friday, we reported on an airlift that moved some black rhinos to spaces that will hopefully keep them safe from poachers. Robyn Curnow is in South Africa. She has this report on other efforts to protect these animals. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ROBYN CURNOW, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): Hidden in the shadows of the African bush veldt, South Africa`s military patrols the border, tracking rhino poachers who slip into the Kruger Park at night from neighboring Mozambique. A record number of rhinos have been poached this year in South Africa. One is killed every 21 hours. CURNOW: Many people here in the Kruger Park fear that if rhinos keep on getting poached at the rate they`re being hunted, that very soon you won`t see rhinos in the wild like this. CURNOW (voice-over): Public and private game reserves are trying to fight that. This anti-poaching team patrols the bush around the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, looking for tracks that might lead them to poachers. CURNOW: So what you`re looking for is spoor. You`re trying to track humans rather than animals. CURNOW (voice-over): Just local men, trained trackers, hired to camp out in the wild night after night. CURNOW: You guys are on the front line, literally, of this war against rhino poaching. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We -- exactly. CURNOW: Do you feel like soldiers? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m feel more than soldier. CURNOW: What do you feel like? A warrior? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. CURNOW (voice-over): Other teams have also been deployed here -- mounted police and a dog unit. CURNOW: What`s the advantage of having a dog in your arsenal of weapons against rhino poachers? OOSIE OSTERHUIZEN, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE: It is one of the best tools that we can use. Like the dog scent, it`s much, much better than a man can ever think (ph). CURNOW (voice-over): The command center of this war, a small bush outpost where Andrew Parker is planning a more high-tech response. ANDREW PARKER, CEO, SABI SAND PRIVATE GAME RESERVE: Two things that we`re really excited about at the moment. The one is radar, which would -- which would provide us with a great advance hauling capability in terms of being able to monitor our periphery. And the drones, obviously, if there is any breach, if there is any incident, to have an aerial capability is absolutely invaluable. CURNOW (voice-over): But until the demand is stopped, the South Africans say they are only delaying, not stopping, the inevitable extinction of one of Africa`s big five animals. (END VIDEO CLIP)