Rodent Detection Dog Service
Wildlife Protection Services NZ dog handler, Leona Kirk, trains and works with rodent-detection dogs for conservation projects all over New Zealand.
Her dogs are bred and trained specifically for detecting rodents. The dogs and handler team started working together in 2013 and have since been part of many different projects.
The team played a vital role in the rodent detection group deployed on Macquarie Island in the Australian sub-Antarctic. After spending 13 months there, they returned in April 2014 when the successful eradication of Macquarie Island was announced.
