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Mongabay.com: Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalas
Ryan Tate and his English springer spaniel Taylor take a break from searching. Photo courtesy of Ryan Tate. Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalas BY LAUREL NEME ON 28 MAY 2020 Specially-trained koala detection dogs joined rescue teams during and after the catastrophic Australian bushfires to help find the injured marsupials quickly and increase…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Conservation Working Dogs, Megan Parker
Megan Parker, Executive Director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, talks about using detection dogs for wildlife conservation. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how she trains dogs to detect wildlife samples, including plants, animals, seeds and scat. The dogs are often able to uncover what wildlife biologists can’t easily see or find, and they…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Detection Dogs for Conservation, Megan Parker
Megan Parker, Executive Director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, talks about using detection dogs for wildlife conservation. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how she trains dogs to detect wildlife samples, including plants, animals, seeds and scat. The dogs are often able to uncover what wildlife biologists can’t easily see or find, and they do…
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