SMUGGLING
Doubts raised about dung DNA database for jumbos
Scientists doubt a plan to create a DNA database of wild elephants will deter the smuggling trade.
The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department plans to create the database by testing elephants' dung.
Chomcheun Siripunkaw, a researcher of the Programme in Conservation Biology at Mahidol University, said collecting DNA from dung can help scientists learn more about the elephants' genetic diversity and growth ratio, which would help in conservation efforts.
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