Finding endangered birds with the aid of ‘detector dogs’

By Birding-Aus, on March 11th, 2015

Hi everyone, An interesting article on the use of ‘detector dogs’ to find endangered birds, thought it was worth sharing. Using detector dogs to find endangered birds http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/03/10/4194928.htm Regards, Tamara

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4 comments to Finding endangered birds with the aid of ‘detector dogs’

• davidtorr

  March 15, 2015 at 7:59 pm

  Graeme I recall that when foxes were removed from the Western ground parrot area cat numbers increased and parrot numbers declined? On 15 Mar 2015 16:50, “Graeme Chapman” < naturalight@graemechapman.com.au> wrote:
  

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• meathead.clark5

  March 11, 2015 at 4:53 pm

  I’m pretty sure that they use them in the Kakapo program. Cheers David Sent from my iPhone
  

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• sittella

  March 11, 2015 at 4:49 pm

  New Zealanders were using dogs to track Kakapo at least 20 years ago. Cheers, Peter
  

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• carlsclifford

  March 11, 2015 at 3:23 pm

  Wonder what they are like on parrots? Carl Clifford
  

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