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World Service,29 Sep 2016,5 mins
From Our Own Correspondent: Set a Soldier to Stop a Poacher
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As the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meets in Johannesburg, Chris Terrill travels to a more rural corner of South Africa to see what saving wildlife can mean on the ground. In the KwaZulu Natal region, the privately-owned game reserve Thula Thula now feels its rhinos are under such a great threat from poachers that it's turned to military tactics (and advice from a former British Royal Marine commando) to keep these animals safe. But will this kind of training also help the game wardens stay alive? Photo: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images
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