Texas hounds chase down rhino poachers in South Africa

Dogs trained to run free in packs are revolutionizing anti-poaching efforts in Kruger National Park.

At first, enforcement teams in South Africa’s Kruger National Park used foxhounds on leads to track rhino poachers. But the slow pace of the man-dog pairs meant that poachers often got away. After free-running hounds brought here from Texas arrived,  poacher arrests picked up dramatically.

Source: nationalgeographic.com

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