Friday, August 03, 2007

Sicence comes to the rescue of Cambodian elephants in the Cardamom Mountains

In this photo released by Fauna and Flora International, Cambodian elephant conservationists train trackers to identify elephant dung during a field survey in a remote area in southwestern Cambodia, on Jan. 11, 2007. Conservationists said Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, they plan to send some 520 samples of elephant dung to Australia for DNA analysis, hoping the results will help them estimate more accurately the number of elephants in the Cambodian wild. (AP Photo/Fauna and Flora International)

In this photo released by Fauna and Flora International, a Cambodian elephant tracker measures the size of elephant dung during a survey in the jungle in southwestern Cambodia, on Dec. 7, 2006. Conservationists said Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, they plan to send some 520 samples of elephant dung to Australia for DNA analysis, hoping the results will help them estimate more accurately the number of elephants in the Cambodian wild. (AP Photo/Fauna and Flora International)

Prum Sovanna, left, a Cambodian elephant conservationist, prepares to place a bundle of tubes containing elephant dung in a box at his office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. Conservationists said Friday they plan to send some 520 samples of elephant dung to Australia for DNA analysis, hoping the results will help them estimate more accurately the number of elephants in the Cambodian wild. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Matt Maltby, an elephant conservationist, shows a tube containing elephant dung at his office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. Conservationists said Friday they plan to send some 520 samples of elephant dung to Australia for DNA analysis, hoping the results will help them estimate more accurately the number of elephants in the Cambodian wild. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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