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Bloodhounds the Latest Weapon Against Ivory and Bushmeat Poachers


Animals  (tags: bloodhounds, tracking, wildlife, bushmeat, ivory poachers, destruction, crimes )

Simone
- 93 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Slobbering, panting and blinking in the dawn light, the latest weapon in the fight against poachers emerged from the belly of a Kenya Airways jumbo jet. Packed in two wooden crates, Pension and Drastic, two six-year-old British bloodhounds, got their
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marilyn s. (103)
Tuesday September 1, 2009, 5:33 pm
Oh My Gosh, guys you have to read this on Bloodhounds taking care of business...

Gotta love it..

Want them to bite some you know what!!!

They are so smart with those long ears that bring the smell to their nose, that a lot of people in California use them to find lost pets lately.

Thanks for this great article...Had to take a peek at this one...great news Simone...thanks so much!!! Green Star to you for this one!!!
 

dAlbert M. (8)
Wednesday September 2, 2009, 12:22 pm
I ADORE THEM [Bloodhounds] ! I DEARLY WISH THEM SUCCESS AGAINST THE MURDEROUS CRIMINALS THAT NO ONE CAN, NOR SEEMS KEEN TO CONTROL and stop the SLAUGHTER of 'The GREATEST LAND MAMMAL in AFRICA_The ELEPHANT ! For WHAT ? THEIR 'ENAMEL SHADED' TASKS _ d'A.M
 

Denise Tankha (24)
Wednesday September 2, 2009, 6:33 pm
Its always the Chinese, isn't it? I only hope that Pension and Drastic ( Ingenious names ) do not fall prey to the bushmeat market themselves. The starving Africans could just acquire a taste for dog. The thought is unbearable. All my good wishes go out the them and their handlers. God Speed.
 

David B. (15)
Wednesday September 2, 2009, 9:55 pm
best to you guys in your new home!! hopefully it works out completely as planned for you !! thanks Simone
 

Helen D. (12)
Thursday September 3, 2009, 3:05 am
Fantastic.Good luck to these guys. I hope they catch all the poachers and end the suffering of wildlife
 
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