Police probe vet link to rhino drug in poaching.

AS fingerprints of alleged poachers who darted two rhinos at the Fairy Glen Game Reserve near Worcester on Sunday are being analysed by a forensics team, owner Pieter de Jager believes it is likely a veterinarian is involved.

This is because M99, the super morphine drug believed to have been used by the poachers to dart rhinos, is a strictly controlled drug administered only by veterinarians.

The two rhinos were severely overdosed with the drug, which made their recovery even shakier.

"They were like drugged people when we found them. Stumbling and unable to fight for their recovery," said De Jager.

According to Novartis Animal Health, the …