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"DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case"
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DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case
A CSI-style investigation in Zimbabwe helped to successfully prosecute two people for killing a lion and trafficking its teeth, flesh and other body parts in February. Forensic specialists analyzed DNA collected from parts seized by authorities and matched it with a radio-collared lion that was killed two years ago. This conviction was historic: It’s the […]

"The DNA database built to protect lions just helped convict the people who killed one"
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The DNA database built to protect lions just helped convict the people who killed one | The Optimist Daily
For the first time anywhere in the world, a lion's own genetic material has been used to prosecute the poachers who killed it.

Old image, but I needed to make some tiny changes nobody will notice, so here it is again.
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