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For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs’ superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out tiger poop, which gets scooped up and studied by scientists in an effort to learn about the genetic diversity of the dwindlin… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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