Monday, January 22, 2018

POACHING - Hatching a Plan

"Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs" PBS NewsHour 1/17/2018

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  One of the world’s most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching.  But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them.  By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS trackers in nesting grounds, poachers who scoop up decoys unwittingly provide information for conservationists and law enforcement.  John Yang reports.


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