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South Africa continues its battle against rhino poaching as the country marks World Rhino Day on Monday, employing advanced technology and conservation efforts to protect the world’s largest populations of black and southern white rhinos.

Some key facts:

• South Africa is home to more than 2,000 of the world’s 6,700 remaining black rhinos and from 12,000 to 13,000 of the 15,000 southern white rhinos.

• Rhino poaching has decreased significantly from over 1,000 deaths annually to 420 last year, though 195 rhinos were killed in the first half of this year.

• Anti-poaching efforts now use high-tech tactics including drones, night surveillance, radar technology, motion-sensing cameras, and artificial intelligence.

• Some reserves inject small amounts of radioactive material into rhino horns to make them unsellable and detectable at borders.

• Peace Parks Foundation has relocated nearly 50 rhinos to Mozambique’s Zinave National Park, where eight calves have been born since the move.

• Uganda held its first ceremony to name 17 rhino calves, with the country now home to 50 rhinos after reintroducing the species in 1996.

• Rhino horn products sometimes fetch higher prices than gold in illegal markets due to demand in parts of Asia.

• The three Asian rhino species face even worse circumstances, with fewer than 50 Javan and Sumatran rhinos remaining.

READ MORE: On World Rhino Day, South Africa marks progress but still loses a rhino daily to poachers

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