Illinois Featured Content

  • Poachers beware: New online tool traces illegal lion products back to source

    Nov 13, 2023 12:30 pm by Lauren QuinnImpact
    female African lion. Photo by Relic38 via Wikimedia Commons

    Images

    • female African lion. Photo by Relic38 via Wikimedia Commons

    A new conservation tool from the U of I is helping protect lions across Africa, allowing authorities to examine the geographic origin of illegally traded teeth, claws, bones, and other body parts from poached animals.