Below are new photos of the specially trained rodent detection dogs that have been working on South Georgia since the end of December. They are helping to search for any remaining rodents following the Habitat Restoration project. In 2011, 2013 and 2015 over 1000 square kilometers were baited thanks to the support of FOSGI and SGHT (South Georgia Heritage Trust) donors. Read more about the project here.
January 2018
Will & Wai are now working on South Georgia.
The South Georgia Museum reports “we got dogs for Christmas!” in their News page.
The specially trained sniffer dogs Will & Wai and their handlers are now on South Georgia and working on the survey that will determine the success of the rodent eradication project. (Clicking on the image above takes you to the museum latest news page).
Dickie Hall the Habitat Restoration Project Director described the scale of the survey in our August 2017 joint newsletter: “We are looking at surveying a coastline almost a thousand kilometres long – as well as a land mass of 895 km2”
Below are photos of the dogs in Stanley when they were on their way to South Georgia.
Tracker dogs Will & Wai testing out the security office chair when they went down to welcome Pharos into port
Wai with Stanley in the background.
Will, Wai & dog handler Miriam checking out a mouse hole at the beach
Wai gets a closer look at a mouse hole.