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Elephant poaching: King’s College London and Metropolitan Police develop fingerprint test for ivory to identify poachers [1]

Police officers may soon be able to identify wildlife poachers by retrieving fingerprints from smuggled ivory, new research has revealed.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
Independent (United Kingdom) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Poaching [4], Elephant [5], Africa [6], Illegal Trade [7], Science And Technology [8]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/elephant-poaching-king%E2%80%99s-college-london-and-metropolitan-police-develop-fingerprint-test-ivory
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/independent-united-kingdom
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science-and-technology