London dogs head to Thailand to sniff out pangolin smugglers

Bess, a two year old Labrador trained by British police, and who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins. - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters): Two Labrador dogs, which have been trained by British police, are to be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said on Tuesday (Feb 28).

Pangolins, nocturnal creatures famed for their full armour of scales, are the most trafficked mammal in the world according to the World Wildlife Fund, and all eight species are on the red list of threatened species and at risk of extinction, the ZSL said.