Forensics to support the fight against Wildlife Crime (South Africa Government)

(Source: South Africa Government) Forensics to support the fight against Wildlife Crime 06 November 2013 The first international rhinoceros DNA sampling training workshop was held in South Africa on 5 and 6 November 2013. The purpose of the workshop was to enhance the world's enforcement capacity to address the wave of rhinoceros poaching that has resulted in the killing of 825 animals in South Africa since January 2013.  The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the University of Pretoria's Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL), in collaboration with the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC),   hosted a rhinoceros DNA...