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Ratting on wildlife crime: training rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global crime economies, directly threatening species and their habitats, and biodiversity, and indirec...
The illegal killing (colloquially known as poaching) of elephants and rhinos has been linked to local poverty and exorbitant market prices for their products, however, corruption and organized crime facilitates their continued trade ( Hauenstein et al., 2019; Smith et al., 2003). Thus, a common screening method in both air and seaports is the X-ray scanner; however, the sheer volume of shipping cargo poses barriers to scanning every container, including imposing substantial delays and increased costs. All animals were single-, or pair-housed with same-sex littermates in kennels equipped with a clay sleeping pot, an untreated wooden climbing/gnawing structure, wood shaving substrate, and ad libitum drinking water.
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