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By Bill Galluccio
Dec 17, 2020
Wildlife officials in Florida have been training two dogs to help them track down invasive Burmese pythons. For the past month, Truman, a black Labrador retriever, and a point setter named Eleanor have been working with handlers to learn how to identify the scent of the invasive snakes and what to do when they find them. Python-scented towels and live pythons with surgically implanted trackers were used to train the dogs on python scent, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission explained.
When one of the dogs identifies a python, they are trained to stay at least three feet away and alert their handler. Once the snake has been located, a biologist will safely capture and remove the snake from the area.
By Bill Galluccio
Dec 17, 2020
Wildlife officials in Florida have been training two dogs to help them track down invasive Burmese pythons. For the past month, Truman, a black Labrador retriever, and a point setter named Eleanor have been working with handlers to learn how to identify the scent of the invasive snakes and what to do when they find them. Python-scented towels and live pythons with surgically implanted trackers were used to train the dogs on python scent, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission explained.
When one of the dogs identifies a python, they are trained to stay at least three feet away and alert their handler. Once the snake has been located, a biologist will safely capture and remove the snake from the area.
Python-sniffing dogs are Florida s newest weapon in fighting invasive snakes
ABCNews For decades, pythons have been identified as one of the biggest and most concerning invasive species in Florida, having drastically impacted the populations of a number of native species and permanently altering the ecosystem since they were first introduced into the wild.
But now, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have a new weapon in controlling the population of these threats to natural wildlife in the region Truman the black Labrador and Eleanor the point setter.
Truman and Eleanor are the two biggest stars of the FWC s new Detector Dog Team. Their task? Hunting down and helping their handler s remove Burmese pythons from the wild.
By Bill Galluccio
Dec 17, 2020
Wildlife officials in Florida have been training two dogs to help them track down invasive Burmese pythons. For the past month, Truman, a black Labrador retriever, and a point setter named Eleanor have been working with handlers to learn how to identify the scent of the invasive snakes and what to do when they find them. Python-scented towels and live pythons with surgically implanted trackers were used to train the dogs on python scent, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission explained.
When one of the dogs identifies a python, they are trained to stay at least three feet away and alert their handler. Once the snake has been located, a biologist will safely capture and remove the snake from the area.