Museum of Chelmsford taxidermy bear helps tackle wildlife crime

Museum of Chelmsford taxidermy bear helps tackle wildlife crime

Hayden Leigh, a forensic science graduate, is studying the hair of Boris the bear.

Museum Bear’s Hair Helps Scientists Fight Wildlife Crime

A taxidermy bear named Boris, long a fixture in a museum collection, is now playing an unexpected role in the fight against wildlife trafficking. Forensic science graduate Hayden Leigh has been studying strands of Boris’s hair to develop new techniques for identifying animal species from trace evidence, a skill that could prove invaluable to investigators […] The post Museum Bear’s Hair Helps Scientists Fight Wildlife Crime first appeared on Env…