---
title: "Camera and GPS Implants Embedded In Rhino Horns Will Fight Poachers"
description: "African rhinos might becoming a little bit more like cyborgs to combat poaching. \"Post-rhinos\" equipped with the Real-time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device, or Rapid, will have cameras and GPS embedd"
date: "2015-07-21"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Kif Leswing"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kif_leswing"
url: "https://futurism.com/camera-and-gps-implants-embedded-in-rhino-horns-will-fight-poachers"
categories:
  - "Computing"
  - "Internet Of Things"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "internet of things"
---

# Camera and GPS Implants Embedded In Rhino Horns Will Fight Poachers

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Rhino_with_video_camera_proof_of_concept_trial.0.jpg>)

- The technology "acts as a deterrent" so when poachers realize they can't get away with poaching an rhino for its horn because it's being tracked.
- RAPID includes heart rate monitors embedded under the rhinos' skin, a leather collar that tracks GPS coordinates, and a tiny camera implanted into the rhino's horn.
- RAPID could be adapted for other threatened species, including tigers, elephants, and lions.