A student in hazmat suit moves around a taxidermied giraffe at the "crime scene" set up in the warehouse of the Wildlife Forensic Academy in the Buffelsfontein Game and Nature Reserve near Cape Town, on April 16, 2025. The crime scene was carefully set up by the Wildlife Forensic Academy, a training centre that aims to fight poaching by teaching investigation skills to rangers, conservation officers, law enforcement and students. Set inside a sunny warehouse in a private game reserve an hour north of Cape Town, the academy recreates poaching scenarios featuring taxidermied victims like "Frikkie", the rhino who was poached a few years ago. By teaching how to protect a crime scene, find and collect evidence and later present a testimony in front of a court, they hope to strengthen prosecution of wildlife crime across Africa. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
A student in hazmat suit moves around a taxidermied giraffe at the "crime scene" set up in the warehouse of the Wildlife Forensic Academy in the Buffelsfontein Game and Nature Reserve near Cape Town, on April 16, 2025. The crime scene was carefully set up by the Wildlife Forensic Academy, a training centre that aims to fight poaching by teaching investigation skills to rangers, conservation officers, law enforcement and students. Set inside a sunny warehouse in a private game reserve an hour north of Cape Town, the academy recreates poaching scenarios featuring taxidermied victims like "Frikkie", the rhino who was poached a few years ago. By teaching how to protect a crime scene, find and collect evidence and later present a testimony in front of a court, they hope to strengthen prosecution of wildlife crime across Africa. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
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