Bear is a 5-year-old rescue dog who has been trained to sniff out koalas as part of the ''Detection Dogs for Conservation' team at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Cristescu explained the process in a statement published by the International Fund for Animal Welfare , who work in partnership with USC on the program.
"We give Bear his favourite command"Let's go find!" and he is off and running. As Bear begins to smell fresh scats and urine, he knows he's on track," she said."We travel light with our team of three, including Bear himself, his handler and a koala spotter. While the handler's eyes focus on Bear on the ground, the spotter scans the tree canopy."
She added:"Finally, Bear will drop to the ground and refuse to budge, indicating to us that it's time to scan the canopy above and find the koala." Once the handler and the koala spotter catch sight of the koala, Bear gets his ball as a reward and the koala can be assessed and brought into care if needed. Between starting the job in November 2019 and April 2020, Bear has located more than 100 koalas and recieved a shout-out from the actor Tom Hanks.
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