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  • Giant Rats Are Helping Save Pangolins From Wildlife Trafficking

      Wildlife officials in Tanzania are training African giant pouched rats to help identify illegal shipments of pangolins, a heavily trafficked endangered species.   Funded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as an effort to end wildlife trafficking, this program is currently assessing the rats’ ability to sniff out pangolins in various settings. […] More

  • Peruvian Authorities Seize 8 Million Seahorses Bound For Asia

    Image: Peruvian Production Authority Authorities in Peru have seized an estimated 8 million illegally trafficked seahorses on a ship bound for Asia. Officials said that the dried seahorses are worth nearly $4 million. The seahorses were found in the hold of the ship while at port in Callao on June 7. The captain of the Chinese vessel […] More