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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. ....
Reptiles Magazine Florida FWC’s Python Dogs Bag First Invasive Burmese Python The new Detector Dog Team located an 8-footer in the state’s Rocky Glades Public Small Game Hunting Area December 18, 2020 The FWC s Detector Dog Team bagged its first Burmese python early this month. Photo by Florida FWC The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that its latest efforts to “sniff” out Burmese pythons on public lands in south Florida has logged its first success with the FWC’s new Detector Dog Team, locating an 8-foot male python in the state’s Rocky Glades Public Small Game Hunting Area in Miami-Dade County. ....
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. ....