Highly trained canines, Sugar and Moss, are helping protect the critically endangered Victorian grassland earless dragon.
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Conservation dogs perform vital roles across Australia. Some are guardians protecting wildlife from predators while others put their powerful sense of smell to use as sniffer dogs or detection dogs.
Moss is part of an elite squad of detection dogs that will locate threatened species in the wild and help endangered species breed in captivity.
Cheetah’s rarity and elusiveness poses a problem for conservationists who need to know where they still persist, and whether their numbers are increasing or decreasing.
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Professor of Conservation Science, Zoological Society of London
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Wildlife Detection Dog Officer, Zoos Victoria
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Honorary Research Associate in BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher in Koala, Detection Dogs, Conservation Genetics and Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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PhD Candidate, Lab of Evolutionary Genetics, Conservation and Sociality, Flinders University