Kenya’s canine cops sniff out illegal ivory

A dog’s ability to smell is believed to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times better than humans. The right dog can be trained to track anything that emits an odour whether it’s flora, fauna, on land, or even under the sea! Because they can smell what we can’t see, dogs are used in conservation to track rare animals, detect pest species, and locate threatened native plants. In Kenya, Canine units are being Used In airports to sniff out suspected ivory smugglers.

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