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Truffle hunters in Italy are poisoning competitors dogs with snail bait in a war for black gold

The poisoning of truffle-sniffing dogs using snail bait and strychnine has been a method for reducing competition among foragers for decades.

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Hunting for Truffles Is a Perilous Pursuit, Especially for the Dogs Who Dig

Truffles are big business, and some are trying to take out the competition by poisoning the dogs that accompany those known as “truffle hunters.”

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