{"id":755857,"date":"2019-01-08T11:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755857"},"modified":"2019-01-08T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T16:13:50","slug":"how-humans-are-hijacking-scent-the-universal-animal-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755857","title":{"rendered":"How humans are hijacking animal scent, the universal animal language"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Some humans hope to crack the code, and to start leaving our own smell-messages, like Obsession, to purposely influence the behavior of animals fluent in the language of the nose. And that smells like trouble.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ELIZABETH ANNE BROWN:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Animal activists knew her as Avni. The Indian government called her T1. But no one knew quite what to do with the tiger, the mother of two cubs who was blamed for 13 mauling deaths in two years. The Indian government deployed a small army to bring Avni in. Hundreds of foot soldiers, infrared drones, paragliders, snipers, and elephants combed the jungle fruitlessly for nearly two months. By October, with wiley Avni still at large, it was time to break out the big guns, the final line of defense, the Hail Mary. It was time for Obsession for Men. The cologne by Calvin Klein&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The plan was to tranquilize Avni and her two cubs for assessment by a vet and possible relocation to a rehabilitation center or release into a more sparsely populated area. That was best-case scenario. But after much debate, India\u2019s Supreme Court had also given wildlife managers carte blanche to \u201cshoot to kill\u201d if the situation turned violent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>As human populations increase exponentially and wild places shrink, animal-human conflict is on the rise \u2014 and with it the demand for products to control animal behavior. There\u2019s a whole industry providing natural and synthetic animal smells \u2014 from bottled bobcat urine to \u201cground, aged and preserved otter glands, \u201dit can all be yours, and with free shipping to boot&#8221;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Musky colognes like Obsession tap into an invisible system of animal communication\u2014the information superhighway of scent. Urine, musk, and other excreta can serve as a stinky form of \u201cmessage in a bottle\u201d to the next animal that comes sniffing, providing crucial information that they use to navigate the world. Some humans hope to crack the code, and to start leaving our own smell-messages \u2014 like Obsession \u2014 to purposely influence the behavior of animals fluent in the language of the nose. And that smells like trouble&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/2018\/12\/tiger-obsession-cologne-smell-animal-behavior-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/znbIkKXM2p8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELIZABETH ANNE BROWN: &#8216;Animal activists knew her as Avni. The Indian government called her T1. But no one knew quite what to do with the tiger, the mother of two cubs who was blamed for 13 mauling deaths in two years. The Indian government deployed a small army to bring Avni in. 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