By Richard Farrell, Seeker.com, October 27, 2016
A pilot program in Tanzania is studying the enormous African giant pouched rat to see if it can help catch pangolin smugglers in the act.
Pangolins may soon have a new best friend: the African giant pouched rat, which is being evaluated in Tanzania as a potential sniffer cop in the battle against illegal wildlife traffic.
In a testing program funded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), a group of the rats will be tested for their ability to sniff out pangolins.
