Sniffing Dogs Detect Feces To Help Monitor And Protect Threatened Animals In Brazil
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10:21
in Biology & Nature
It's a tough job, but somebody, or at least some dogs, have to do it. In the Cerrado region of Brazil, four dogs trained to detect animal feces by scent are helping researchers monitor rare and threatened wildlife such as jaguar, tapir, giant anteater and maned wolf in and around Emas National Park, a protected area with the largest concentration of threatened species in Brazil.