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Microchips to Save Peru's Alpacas

Posted by simoniker on from the llama-world dept.

lakeesis writes "BBC News has published an article stating: 'Peru has launched a campaign to implant microchips in hundreds of pedigree alpacas to try to stop the best animals being smuggled out of the country. Officials say they know alpacas are being sneaked across Peru's borders'."

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  1. Technology for the sake of technology? by metlin · · Score: 5, Insightful


    All it takes for the people smuggling the animals is to take a hand-held scanner and find out the location of the microchip and cut it out.

    If it is easy to implant, it would be easy to remove.

    Hmm, looks like they are just trying to throw technology at a problem hoping it would work.

    Then again, ofcourse, the smugglers maybe quite unaware of this and the more gullible ones may just get caught.

    And oh, first post?