Saturday, August 15, 2015

Cool Dog Jobs in the News; Sniffing out Elephant Ivory from Poachers

We love reading about dogs with jobs. Dogs are a lot smarter than people think. Just look at this article! 


THESE DOGS SNIFF OUT ELEPHANT IVORY!

  "Will Powell, the director of AWF's Conservation Canine Program, just finished training 10 dogs and 14 handlers to monitor two epicenters of the ongoing poaching crisis that's devastated elephant and rhino populations. The program has been running alongside officials from the Kenyan Wildlife Service and Tanzania's Wildlife Division for the past two months, and the detection teams will soon help patrol the ports of Dar and Mombasa."
STORY: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dogs-elephant-ivory_55b10a7ee4b07af29d57a677?utm_hp_ref=whats-working&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003