Rescue dogs turned Conservation Dogs, sniffing for data for noninvasive wildlife research. 💩🐕🦺🧬
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New publication and a cover photo to boot 🐕
doi.org/10.1002/oik.11223
🙏🏾 to the amazing research team, & especially our #ConservationDogs like Filson, for all their hard work in @YosemiteNPS.
With @Oikos_Journal @YoseConservancy
So excited to be working on this project with @wildlandsnetwrk & @MojaveDesertLT. Our rescue dogs turned Conservation Dogs, Siska & Merlin are looking forward to getting paws on the ground & noses to the wind in search of genetic data on pumas & bobcats. 🦁🐕
Rogue Detection Teams retweeted
This Joshua Tree highway keeps killing wildlife. Enter the poop-hunting dogs
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Starting surveys earlier in day, or changing to night surveys, avoiding when snakes were most active, avoiding rocky areas @ certain times of day, not walking over logs, & instead, on top, never surveying w headphones, having reliable vocal recall, etc. Small things w huge impact
Great Qs! Vaccines were expensive. Some of our dogs had reactions to them & research was showing variable results. Aversion training utilized shock collars & we do not use shock collars on our dogs. Instead, our Bounders learn ecology, take safety precautions such as...
We used to, but don’t anymore. Instead, we try to be situationally aware and take preventative measures. 🙏🏾🐍
Rogue Detection Teams retweeted
Kinda chic to take action for wildlife and our natural world! 🐝🐳
#kindachic
We’re very much relieved and grateful for all the firefighters. Due to their quick response, they saved many acres of forest and homes, including ours 🥲🙏🏾
What arrived in mail from Australia? Our retired #ConservationDog, Filson just got fan art! 🥲 He’s featured in Andrea Rowe’s book, “Dogs with Jobs” for his work sniffing for endangered species & illustrator, Julia Murray sent him a print as a keepsake 💕
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🙏🏾to everyone who reached out during the recent PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Red Flag Alert in WA. All 20 of our dogs & staff are safe. We ran through our fire evacuation protocols in case of a Level 3 evac notice. Grateful to ALL the wildland firefighters. #wildfire
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"'This study is a powerful reminder that mountain lions are ecosystem engineers,' McDonald said. ‘Protecting pumas isn’t just about saving a charismatic species. It’s about safeguarding the functional health of the entire landscape.'" news.mongabay.com/2026/06/on…
🐝 We've been bee-sy! Our #ConservationDog Echo recently detected not 1, but 2 bumble bee nests! Every nest detected helps researchers learn more about where these pollinators live. We're so proud of our Bumblebee Dog’s noses, helping uncover some of nature's best-kept secrets.
Meet our retired Conservation Dogs: our Grey Muzzle Club, our Old Guard. Adopted from shelters for their love of fetch, they dedicated their careers in service to wildlife.
Pips (17) Winnie (16), Dio (14), Beckett (13), Filson (12). We 💗 you so much. You earned your couch time.
