Australia: Trained dogs rescue seven koalas alive from bushfires

Detection dogs, Missy and Taz have reportedly rescued seven koala survivors by sniffing m out of Australia’s dely bushfires. pair of springer spaniels were deployed by World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) group, in partnership with environmental consultants OW Environment in koala habitat impacted areas of Queensland Sourn Downs, Maryvale, worse affected by bushfires.

As per reports, dogs have been incredible assists in search and rescue operation for Koalas and mand to extricate an infant koala and his mor on first day of search in to scorched forests.

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Dogs 372% more efficient in crisis

Olivia Woosnam, Director, OW Environment, told media that team does gruesome and a challenging job of having to scratch through leaf litter and find koala scats, which is like looking for a needle in haystack for humans. However, she ded, dogs rely on ir se and sense of smell to scan landscape and take team to location of koala scats way quicker than humans can without m.

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Koala conservation ecologist, Olivia Woosnam, reportedly said that dogs mand to detect areas still broiling, snuffed through 10 kilometers of forests ablaze in Marvale and recovered five more marsupials. Dr Stuart Blanch, senior manr of land clearing and restoration, for WWF Australia told media that finding seven koalas alive amid destruction in just two days is an encouraging start. He said that it was remarkable to have a few koalas survive fire and rescued as y can recolonise charred forests as it regrows.

According to WWF Australia, Koala detection dogs have proved to be 372 per cent more efficient in crisis in finding trapped koalas, and have earned global recognition and appreciation for rescuing animals out of bushfire trdy.

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