Excited to be presenting at the African Wild Dog United Conference, sharing about our experiences assisting endangered wild dog & big cat research in S. Africa & Mozambique.
-Research at Nelson Mandela University w our late #ConservationK9 Scooby
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A beautiful read. Highly suggest everyone who needs a bit of hope these days. ๐๐ฝ๐พ
We're obsessed with the article! We loved working with Tosa for scat detection on her research and we were especially excited to see mention of our detection dogs in your article ๐๐ฝ๐พ
Loved seeing Marie's ๐ฆจ research featured! This mention made our day๐๐ฝ "Researchers, who used detection dogs to sniff out skunk scat, found poop full of yellow jacket carcasses, an apparent spotted skunk delicacy." That's our late Conservation Dogs, Chester, Scooby, & Jack ๐ฅฒ
Skunk research that our late Conservation Dogs, Chester, Scooby, & Jack worked on, in @highcountrynews.org ๐๐ฝ "Researchers, who used detection dogs to sniff out skunk scat, found poop full of yellow jacket carcasses, an apparent spotted skunk delicacy." We ๐ค working with M.Tosa for this research๐๐ฝ๐๐ฆจ
Our #ConservationDog, Filson is in a childrenโs book, ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด by Andrea Rowe (& even has his own coloring page)! ๐ฅฒ Weโre so proud of his hard work for wildlife & for inspiring the next generation wildlife biologists.
Sniff it out: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
Squee! Is this not the cutest journal cover ever?! Congrats to M. Delheimer for his photo, & excited for this new research publication alongside @mellenmartin.bsky.social & others.
In @esajournals.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
So excited to have played a part in this research alongside @mellenmartin.bsky.social & others. Martens are near & dear to our fuzzy Wildlife Detection Dog hearts, & they were thrilled to detect samples for this study. ๐ฆฆ๐ฉ
@esajournals.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
Can it get any more cute?! So excited M. Delheimer's photo made the cover and even more excited to have been part of this research with such an incredible team. ๐๐พ๐พ Yay, martens & congrats on the publication!
[๐ธ: Marten scat sample with a paw from our Detection Dog, Echo, for scale]
Filson says he still can't believe @oikosjournal.bsky.social chose this pic! Awoo! He appreciated the opportunity to contribute to wildlife surveys in Yosemite NP alongside this team of amazing researchers. ๐๐ฝ๐พ
๐ Excited to have participated in this dynamic wildlife research alongside Martin et al.(2025) in Yosemite NP. By our side when we snapped this pic? Our cowoofer, Filson. ๐๐ฝ We're grateful to his nose for all the data he helped detect!
-With @mellenmartin.bsky.social
Our (very!) collaborative look at the lives of carnivores in Yosemite gets a feature thanks to @roguedogs.bsky.social amazing camera work ๐ Yosemite is an ecological and aesthetic marvel!
Having worked w the Forest Rangers on this special project, we can attest firsthand (or 1st ๐พ๐) to how amazing this project is. ๐๐๐พ "Your gift will support research through camera trap monitoring & scat surveys across 4 of Bhutanโs largest natural areas."
new pub out โ Yosemite is a perfect (and picturesque) place to show how heterogeneity can shape species distributions and foraging patterns. Grateful to Yosemite NP, Levi & Sacks labs & @roguedogs.bsky.social for their collaboration ๐
Climbing to new heights for noninvasive wildlife research! Our #ConservationDogs are currently on assignment for endangered Sierra Nevada red fox surveys in the Eastern Sierras. The views are epic, but to get here takes some effort ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฝ Work in collaboration w California Dept of Fish & Wildlife
Newsletter Launch! ๐๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐: roguedogs.org
Join us as we share our Conservation K9's stories:
๐พ Meet the wildlife we sniff for
๐งฌ Learn about our noninvasive research
โ๏ธ Revel in our gear reviews
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๐ฝ Get pro tips from our Bounders
๐ Squee over our ๐โ๐ฆบ adoption stories
๐ Support our conservation efforts
Look what Rogue Ranger found during his wildlife detection surveys! Our dog teams follow the clues to find the data, and sometimes it leads us to fun field finds like this elk shed.
Atta boy, Ranger!๐ฆ
Learn about this impawtent pilot project in this short ๐ฅ! youtu.be/ghF2zscnYpM?...
A black and white dog with floppy ears carefully inspects a green crab with pinchers stretched towards the dog's nose, during odor detection work.
Careful you don't get pinched, Jax!
Wildlife Dog, Jax, on assignment for ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ (๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด) in pawtnership w @noaa.gov
Traditional lands of the qสทidiฤฤaสaยทtxฬ, Makah Tribe
Penguin poop gives off ammonia, which enhances cloud formation and cools coastal Antarctica, allowing more penguins to poop there, probably. ๐ง๐งช
๐ฃ Help our #ConservationDogs prepare for their "impawtent" role as #Bumblebee Nest Detection Dogs!
We're looking for BB nests to teach our dogs the odor! ๐๐ฝ๐๐โ๐ฆบ
We would not be who we are today without our ๐ Dogs. We hope they know that our #ConservationDog program exists because of their special souls.
Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
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And can we get some Paws Up for our retired and semi-retired crew??! ๐ These pups may have slowed down, but they โฅ๏ธ still love their "job" for #wildlife, and will assist in gentle detection projects. ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข
A special nod to our Seasonal Rogues ๐ค๐ฝ๐โ๐ฆบ : The personal #WildlifeDogs of our seasonal Bounders (๐๐ฝ Our word for our Detection Dog Handlers).
We're ๐ and adopted these 4 "newbs" into our #ConservationDog family this past year ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฐ๐๐ฝ
Meet Our pack of Wildlife Detection Dogs!: A field guide to the many furry faces of @roguedogs.bsky.social ๐๐ฝ๐โ๐ฆบ๐
A cattle dog with an open mouth and long tongue, "smiling" after playing fetch with an Earth shaped ball.
A cattle dog with an open mouth "smiles" at the camera standing in front of an Earth shaped ball he is playing fetch with.
Happy #EarthDay from our pack of #ConservationDogs. From semi-retired (Filson, L), to new recruit (Echo, R), our dog teams work diligently in service to the environment, detecting data on wildlife. Whatever may come, we are grateful to "pawtner" with such dedicated cowoofers in service to nature ๐๐โ๐ฆบ
Honored to present at the Endangered Wildlife Trust, African K9s in Conservation Conference 2025. We're sharing the legacy of #ConservationK9 Scooby who spent 2 yrs sniffing for lions, cheetah, leopards & wild dogs in ๐ฟ๐ฆ & ๐ฒ๐ฟ. Find this research: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
๐งช This is *why* our Wildlife Detection Dogs work so hard to detect data of endangered species... It's all about the ๐ฉ!
๐ฅ: Sierra Nevada red ๐ฆ surveys w Dr. Sacks's Mammalian Ecology & Conservation Unit at @ucdavis.bsky.social Veterinary Medicine, featuring our #ConservationK9s, Filson & Whisper.
๐งช @npr.org's #science podcast, Short Wave interviewed @roguedogs.bsky.social's C. Yee about her work alongside #ConservationK9 Jack for orca research! Get the scoop:
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www.npr.org/2025/03/05/1...
