‘Huge tusk’: Using DNA tracing to stop ivory trafficking
By France24
15 February 2022 |
3:50 pm
We take a look at how DNA tracing used to catch serial killers is now being applied to poachers. But first, we see how the press is covering an honour killing in Pakistan, Vladimir Putin's theatrical, de-escalation meeting with Sergei Lavrov and Valérie Pécresse's "flop' of a French presidential campaign rally.
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