Rhinos get new help against poachers -- the Seeker

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Siphiwe Sibeko / ReutersThe "Seeker" is presented to reporters on Tuesday at Kruger National Park.By Peroshni GovenderKRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa -- The war against rhino poaching has taken to the skies, with South Africa deploying a high-tech, low-speed reconnaissance aircraft to detect illegal  hunters before they strike.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld  "This is a war. You cannot take a stick to  a gunfight," said Ivor Ichikowitz, chairman of Africa's largest privately  held defense firm, Paramount, which manufactured the plane donated to the South Africa National Park Service.

Home to nearly all the  continent's rhinos, South Africa is on the frontline of a poaching war where criminals with  high-powered weapons, night vision goggles and even helicopters have been killing the  animals for their horns, which sell at prices higher than gold in Asia as a  traditional medicine.




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