ABSTRACT
Surveying and sampling animal and even plant species and populations in danger, eradicating pests, determining the impact of human activities and environmental change on species and populations, and preventing import or export of pests or rare species all increasingly involve dogs trained as biodetectors. This may be the fastest-growing profession for detection dogs and handlers as this use does not face the legal barriers of narcotics, explosives, cadaver, or other canine work for law enforcement, nor is it limited by the clinical standards of medical screening, meaning that there is generally less inherent resistance to deployment of dogs with conservation functions.1
