You may be familiar with the use of DNA technology for catching criminals and solving crimes, but a group of scientists from Canberra and the UK are using DNA to save trafficked parrots.
You may be familiar with the use of DNA technology for catching criminals and solving crimes, but now a group of scientists from Canberra and the United Kingdom are using DNA to save trafficked parrots.
"The pet trade is one of the main drivers for that. They're really intelligent, they're very colourful, so people like them, keep them as pets. And I think that's the main reason that's fuelling the trade. Samples are collected from species via a feather or a drop of blood from a chick, and then fed into a genetic database which authorities can consult when investigating parrots they believe have been taken illegally from the wild.
"For example, for the ivory trade, they used DNA to identify where the ivory is coming from, which part of Africa. "And there's also lots of issues on the wildlife trade, they actually confiscate lots of birds there. "For example, if most of the parrot species are coming from just a few islands, they can focus their funds that way.
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