Sniffer dogs trained to smell out UK’s smallest rodent in the wild to monitor declining populationsThey are used to detect criminals evading capture, people trapped in buildings and drugs or explosives hidden in luggage. Now conservationists are recruiting the wait on of a sniffer dog in an effort to survey – and ultimately protect – wildlife.
The canine will be trained to detect the scent of harvest mice to wait on better count the elusive small mammal in the British countryside.
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Source: theguardian.com