CAMBODIA: Researchers tackle elephant dung in extinction study
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In Cambodia, international conservationists are trying to get an accurate idea of how many wild Asian elephants continue to survive in the country's Cardamom mountains. To do this, scientists at a DNA laboratory in Melbourne will need to analyze more than 500 samples of Cambodian elephant dung. It's hoped this unpleasant task will enable researchers to isolate the DNA of individual elephants, and use that to build up a profile of the surviving population.
Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Joe Heffernan, Australian representative, Fauna and Flora International; Vern Muir, director, DNA Solutions
