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South Africa Drones For Anti-Rhino-Poaching Patrol

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-horn-for-you dept.

garymortimer writes "The SA National Defence Force is considering using an unmanned drone helicopter to target rhino poachers, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said yesterday. She told a press conference in Pretoria she wanted state weapons company Denel to further develop an unmanned aerial vehicle it was working on so it could be used to help SA National Parks catch rhino poachers."

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  1. Re:catch ? by yodleboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "I agree that poaching endangered species is a terrible crime, but death penalty seems excessive unless you also want to apply it to the subhumans who jack deer up in Wisconsin."

    the difference being while deer may be scarce where you are, they are nowhere close to endangered and in some places are right up there with rats as an overpopulated nuisance. You want more deer? Ship them in. You want more rhinos? Ship them...wait a sec...

    not standing up for deer jackers, just pointing out that killing 1 of 30 million deer (source wikipedia) is a less serious matter than killing 1 of 4000 rhinos (source world wildlife fund). Do people go to SA for anything besides safari type vacations? Lose a few more species and watch tourism decline to the detriment of the entire country. Still not sure if it should be a capital offense, but it's serious.