CK9 Odor Detections
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Conservation Canines survey for a variety of odors! They have the ability to detect the scent of scat, caterpillars, noxious weeds and plants, salamanders, PCBs, and even sea turtles. To a Conservation Canine scent detection dog, there is no difference in these odors during a survey. Their focus is finely tuned for the chance to play fetch.
See the list below for odors the CK9s have been trained to detect!
Plants
Knotweed, garlic mustard
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Demonstration, Vancouver, British Columbia
(Invasive Plant Council of Metro Vancouver
Year surveyed: 2012.)
- Garlic Mustard Weed
Amphibians and Reptiles
From left to right: Mt Jemez Salamander, Loggerhead sea turtle, Oregon spotted frog, Sharp-tailed snake
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Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Agency: The Nature Conservancy
Year surveyed: 2012 – 2013
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Gulf Islands, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida
(US Fish and Wildlife
Year surveyed: 2011)
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries
Year surveyed: 2012)
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San Juan Islands, WA
(CCB, UW, Year surveyed: 2012.)
Small mammals
From left to right: Pacific Pocket Mouse, Water Shrew, Townsend’s long eared bat
- Pacific Pocket Mouse
- Water Shrew
- Townsend’s Long eared bat
Mesocarnivores
From left to right: American badger, Fisher, Pine marten, Wolverine
Birds of Prey
From left to right: Barred owl, Spotted owl
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Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California
(CCB, UW and USFW
Years surveyed: 2009-2011
Related publication: Using Detection Dogs to Conduct Simultaneous Surveys of Northern Spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina) and Barred Owls (Strix varia).)
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Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California
(CCB, UW and USFW
Years surveyed: 2009-2011
Related publication: Using Detection Dogs to Conduct Simultaneous Surveys of Northern Spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina) and Barred Owls (Strix varia).)
Felines
From left to right: Bobcat, Caracal, Indochinese tiger, Mexican jaguar, Leopard, Lynx, Mountain lion, Serval
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North Central Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin, Steven Point and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Years surveyed: 2011)
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Mozambique and South Africa
(Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Years surveyed: 2014)
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Mondulkiri National Forest and Phnom Prick Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia
(World Wildlife Fund, Year surveyed: 2010)
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Emas National Park, Goias State, Brazil
(CCB, Years surveyed: 2006-2008, 2010)
Related publication: Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna LandscapeUxpanapa Valley
Las Choapas and Veracruz, Mexico
(CCB, Years surveyed: 2008, 2010-2011)
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Mondulkiri National Forest, Phnom Prick Wildlife Sanctuary
Cambobia
(World Wildlife Fund, Year surveyed:
2010)
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Mozambique and South Africa
(Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Years surveyed: 2014)
Canines
From left to right: Coyote, Dhole, Iberian wolf, Grey wolf, Maned wolf, Mexican grey wolf, Sierra Nevada red fox, Swift fox
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Phnom Prick Wildlife Sanctuary and Mondulkiri National Forest, Cambodia
(World Wildlife Fund
Year surveyed: 2010)
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Lisbon, Portugal
(Grupo Lobo
Year surveyed: 2013)
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Emas National Park, Goias State, Brazil
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006-2008)
Related publication: Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna Landscape.)
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White Mountains, Arizona
(University of Arizona
Years surveyed: 2008-2009)
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Swift fox, Texas
(Year surveyed: 2014)
Ungulates
From left to right: Caribou, Moose, Roe deer, White-tailed deer
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Oilsands, Alberta, Canada
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006-2007, 2009 and 2013
Related publication: The influences of wolf predation, habitat loss, and human activity on caribou and moose in the Alberta oil sands.)
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Oilsands, Alberta, Canada
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006-2007, 2009 and 2013
Related publication: The influences of wolf predation, habitat loss, and human activity on caribou and moose in the Alberta oil sands.)
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Mozambique and South Africa
(Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Year surveyed: 2014)
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Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, Washington State
(WDFW,
Year surveyed: 2012)Oilsands, Alberta, Canada
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2013
Related publication: The influences of wolf predation, habitat loss, and human activity on caribou and moose in the Alberta oil sands.)
Large Mammals
From left to right: Black bear, Giant anteater, Giant armadillo, Grizzly bear, Southern resident killer whale, Spotted hyena, Tapir, Pangolin
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Cabinet-Yaak Mountains, Montana
(Montanore Mining Corporation
Year surveyed: 2009)
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Emas National Park, Goias State, Brazil
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006-2008,
Related publication: Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna Landscape)
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Emas National Park, Goias State, Brazil
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006-2008,
Related publication: Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna Landscape)
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 1999, 2001, 2002
Related publication: Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management: Application to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta, Canada)Cabinet-Yaak Mountains, Montana
(Montanore Mining Corporation
Year surveyed: 2009)
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San Juan Islands, Washington State
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006 – 2014,
Related publication: Distinguishing the Impacts of Inadequate Prey and Vessel Traffic on an Endangered Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population.)
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Mozambique and South Africa
(Year surveyed: 2014)
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Emas National Park, Goias State, Brazil
(CCB, UW,
Years surveyed: 2006-2008,
Related publication: Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna Landscape)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)