Two men unlawfully killed a lion in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe to sell its parts. Forensic technology provided the ...
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DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case
By Spoorthy Raman 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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male lion in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe [Getty Images] Lion DNA has been used to successfully prosecute poachers for the ...
No fence separates Hwange National Park from the outside world. When Cecil the lion was lured onto an adjacent farm in an allegedly illegal hunt, he had to cross only a set of rarely used railroad ...
A landmark case has made it increasingly more difficult for lion poachers to get away with their crimes, all thanks to DNA technology.
Lion DNA has been used to successfully prosecute poachers for the first time in the world, it has emerged. Wildlife crime experts have only just revealed how they were able to identify the individual ...
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