He's best known for his talents on
the tennis court but now dog-lover Andy Murray wants to help save
tigers, elephants and rhinos from poachers.
Murray has been named as an ambassador for a charity sniffer dog programme, the first of its kind to take on the illegal wildlife trade.
In honour of his involvement, wildlife charity WWF have named one of the dogs Murray.
The programme uses the animals to track poaching activity within Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
"It's a shocking fact that the rise in rhino poaching increased by 7,700% between 2007 and 2013 and as few as 3,200 tigers remaining in the wild so anything we can do to deter poachers is a positive step in the right direction," said Murray (the tennis player, not the dog).
"I know from my own dogs how clever they can be and it's fascinating how these sniffer dogs communicate with their handlers.
"I'm also really looking forward to going to see Murray at work at some point in the near future."
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