By Vicky Flynn | Head of communications
Often called 'man's best friend' one dog is turning into an amazing friend of Kaziranga's endangered wildlife too.
Jorba, a Belgian Malinois trained to track and detect wildlife products such as tiger and leopard skin and bones, bear bile, ivory and rhino horn, has been picking up the scent of poachers and helping his handler, Anil and the team in Assam bring them to justice.
“Jorba is making a huge contribution towards controlling wildlife crime, sending a strong message to poachers and smugglers that we have increased our efforts to track them down,” reports project director Bibhab Talukdar.
Recently, when a couple of camera traps used for monitoring tiger movements went missing in the national park it was Jorba who discovered them thrown into the river. Retrieved from the water the images on the cameras were intact and clearly showed the faces of two poachers. Reward posters were put up and the culprits were caught.
"Introduced in 2011, Jorba has helped strengthen the anti-poaching activities in this hugely important area but we'd love more help, more trained dogs and handlers to help us gather evidence and deter poaching," adds Bibhab.
Thank you for your amazing support to-date. Could you help us strengthen the team giving Jorba a work mate and the precious tigers of Kaziranga a fighting chance of survival?
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