Over the past 12 months, however, just one rhino has been poached in the area. In one of the regions where Meerkat is currently installed, gunshots previously rang out constantly, with an average of two to three poaching-related incidents occurring every day. Utilising a pioneering combination of radars and electro-optical technology, the astounding capabilities of Postcode Meerkat have been a major force multiplier for counter-poaching teams, in some instances virtually eliminating rhino poaching incidents altogether in the high-risk areas where the portable system is deployed. Its name is given in recognition of the UK People’s Postcode Lottery, the Dutch Postcode Lottery and the Swedish Postcode Lottery, which all contributed towards the research, development and deployment of the system.

Postcode Meerkat is the product of a groundbreaking partnership between South African National Parks (SANParks), Peace Parks Foundation and South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). For almost five years, Postcode Meerkat – the most advanced wide-area surveillance system ever developed for counter-poaching purposes on the African continent – has kept an eagle eye over vast sections of wilderness in South Africa’s world-famous Kruger National Park, becoming a key piece in a much larger puzzle that protects one of the last remaining strongholds of wild rhino in the world.

Rhino protection in coin master