Microchips Foil Theft of Rare Plants

Curators at Ventnor Botanic Gardens on the Isle of Wight had microchips inserted into two rare tree ferns when they first arrived at the garden. After the ferns were stolen recently, this fact was made public. The two pilfered plants were found shortly after, having been dumped off by the thieves, who must have realized that they would not be able to sell the plants.

Link: Microchips save rare tree ferns from the BBC News

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 9:55 AM on September 19, 2005

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