Giant rats trained to sniff out illegal wildlife trade

Mongabay
Apr 15, 2025, 6:55 am380 pts
From land mine detection to sniffing out illegally trafficked wildlife parts, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, Mongabay’s Lucia Torres reported in February. In the 1990s, Belgian industrial engineer Bart Weetjens was exploring ways to detect…

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