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Research Projects Using K9s to survey missing cohort groups of Gopherus agassizii (Mojave Desert Tortoise) PI: Mary Cablk Project Period: October 2003 - December 2004 Funded by: U.S. Army Research Office and University of Redlands Right: Desert Tortoise |
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Keywords: Gopherus agassizii, Mojave Desert Tortoise, K9 |
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Above, left and right: Photographic sequence showing wildlife dog Camas finding a tortoise [left] and then performing a trained alert (sit) [right]. These photos were taken during the transition training from residual scent to live animals. Handler: Alice Whitelaw, Working Dogs for Conservation. Photos: Aimee Hurt. |
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Above: Hatchling desert tortoise. Dogs were able to air scent to these very small tortoises during clearance survey trials. While humans do not find this sized tortoise during surveys, dogs were able to locate these sized tortoises entirely on scent carried on air currents. Photo: Mary Cablk. |
Above: Tether configuration for maintaining geographic precision in the trials. Tortoises were tethered under specific conditions including time and temperature constraints developed in conjunction with and approved by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Photo: Mary Cablk . |
 Video Clip (AVI file, 108 kb): This little video clip is of a desert tortoise detection dog finding a tortoise and performing her trained alert. Note the dog never touches the tortoise nor are there any indications of prey drive being problemmatic in the dog. Handler: Alice Whitelaw, Working Dogs for Conservation. |
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