American philanthropist Howard Buffett donated $24 million to South Africa’s national parks service on Friday to fund a high-tech campaign against rhino poaching which he compared to the United States’ war on drugs on its southern border.
The money will fund a 30-month campaign to try to reverse a troubling trend in Kruger Park, where illegal hunters infiltrating from Mozambique have been decimating the rhino population.
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