Professional conservation detection dog team
Jet , Candy and Olive have been trained specifically for ReconEco by renowned conservation dog experts Steve Austin (Jet) and Ryan Tate (Candy) and all dogs are industry accredited. Craig and our dog handling team are also accredited dog handlers and committed to the highest professional and ethical standards. Jet, Olive and Candy are trained to find Koala scat, Yellow Crazy Ant, Red Imported Fire Ant and Fox scent.
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Red Imported Fire Ant Surveys
- NSW - Department of Primary Industries - emergency response and contact tracing surveys.
- Department of Defence - Queensand - RIFA monitoring
Koala Pre-clearing and Occurrence Surveys
- NSW - Alstonville Department of Primary Industries (DPI)
- Eco Logical - Stroud, Mudgee, Nooro
- Cumberland Ecology - Sydney
- Bushfire Recovery Program - NSW DPIE
- Transport for NSW - Pacific Highway upgrade
- Clarence Valley Council - Koala occupancy surveys
- Southern New England Land Care - Koala occupancy surveys
- NSW DPIE - Koala detection dog surveys
- WWF - Koala surveys
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage - Koala presence/absence surveys
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Fox Den Detection Surveys
- Tweed Shire Council - Coastal fox den searches
- South Ballina Quarry - Fox den locaton
- Department of Defence - Fox den location
Yellow Crazy Ant Surveys
- NSW - Department of Primary Industries - Lismore
- Townsville City Council
- YBE - Nhulunbuy N.T
- Gold Coast Council
Invasive Species Council of Australia
YCA - Jet the Detector Dog
"Jet the springer spaniel is on the prowl for yellow crazy ants at Elliott Springs near Townsville. He's looking for stragglers after Townsville City Council and the CSIRO completed baiting for these highly invasive ants, which can swarm in great numbers, killing much larger animals like our native lizards, frogs, small mammals, turtle hatchlings and bird chicks."The Invasive Species Council is working with the council to eradicate yellow crazy ants. Find out more at www.invasives.org.au
Lismore Northern Star
Meet the adorable dog helping fight crazy ant invasion
"The team tackling an invasion of yellow crazy ants in Lismore has a new helper, and he's adorable.Jet, an English springer spaniel, has already worked on koala-finding missions on the Northern Rivers.He's now been retrained to find yellow crazy ant colonies and Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair said they hoped Jet would help them to stamp out the invasive species, which was first spotted by 19-year-old Milo Yeigh in Lismore's CBD earlier this year..."
https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/meet-the-adorable-dog-helping-fight-crazy-ant-inva/3542177/
Townsville City Council
Detection dog joins effort to eradicate Yellow Crazy Ants.
"Townsville City Council is working with Recon Eco to help eradicate Yellow Crazy Ants – all with the help of a detection dog named Jet.Jet is an English Springer Spaniel that has been trained to detect the scent of Yellow Crazy Ants and is in Townsville for 10 days of surveying..."
https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/about-council/news-and-publications/media-releases/2019/may/detection-dog-joins-effort-to-eradicate-yellow-crazy-ants
