conservation detection dogs
Professional conservation detection dog team
Jet and Candy have been trained specifically for ReconEco by renowned conservation dog experts Steve Austin (Jet) and Ryan Tate (Candy) and both dogs have been industry assessed and certified. Craig and our dog handling team are accredited dog handlers and are commited to the highest professional and ethical standards.
Yellow Crazy Ant Detection Dog Surveys
- NSW - Department of Primary Industries - Lismore
- Townsville City Council
- YBE - Nhulunbuy N.T
- Gold Coast Council
Pre-clearing and Ocurance Surveys for Koala
- 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
Fox Den Detection and Strategic Management Plan
- Tweed Shire Council - Coastal fox den searches
- South Ballina Quarry fox den locaton
- Department of Defence fox den location
Media Coverage
Our detection dogs have regularly been the subject of media coverage. The links below are some examples:
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
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CSIRO blog
Top dog: stamping out yellow crazy ants
"As if Australia didn’t have enough native creepy crawlies to contend with, our top-end is battling a big problem. And it’s with one of the world’s smallest but most invasive pests, the Yellow Crazy Ant. Invasive pests like these ants are Australia’s number one extinction threat..."
https://blog.csiro.au/top-dog-stamping-out-yellow-crazy-ants/
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