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Thursday, August 31, 2017

To catch a (wildlife) criminal 

To catch a (wildlife) criminal 


A small round sample of smuggled ivory is put in a zip-locked plastic bag. Although the piece is the size of a bead, it is hard and must be hammered many times before being broken into little pieces. The... 

The test is conducted at the Wildlife Forensic Science Unit of the Wildlife Conservation Office, operated under the auspices of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). 

The lab is known as the first DNA forensics unit for wildlife animals in Thailand. 

The person who has driven the project since 2009 is Kanita Ouitavon, 47, chief of the Wildlife Forensic Science Unit. She saw the need of the DNP to have its own forensic lab in order to complete the department's... 


Full story at http://bit.ly/2glffSz


Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com


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