Dogs to sniff out wildlife smuggling - Singapore ban on sale of ivory from Sept 1

A dog handler from the NParks K9 Unit raises his hand after his dog identified a bag that contains illegal wildlife parts at the Centre for Wildlife Forensics, on Aug 27, 2021. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Sniffer dogs are being used at border checkpoints to detect the smuggling of endangered animals, and items such as elephant ivory and pangolin scales, to further clamp down on wildlife smuggling.

This new K9 unit under the National Parks Board (NParks) is specially trained to sniff out threatened and contraband fauna and wildlife products that may be hidden in cargo or luggage.