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In South Africa, the demand for rhino horn is at an all time high, despite the black market price of around $55,000 per kilogram.

Over 300 cases of poaching were recorded just last year, more than triple that of the year before.

Now the elephant - with its acute sense of smell being used to halt poachers in their tracks - could be the rhino's unlikely protector.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from South Africa.

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