The Onderstepoort Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) at the University of Pretoria has developed a ground-breaking technique to collect and catalogue DNA from rhinos and rhino horn which could lead to more convictions of poachers and reduce rhino poaching in Southern Africa.
Known as RhODIS, Rhino DNA Index System, the database stores the DNA, the unique genetic 'fingerprint' of every sampled rhino or horn. The database en ...