By Georgia Boatman | Individual Giving Fundraiser
A new dog has joined the K9 anti-poaching dog unit in Assam that the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation helped establish in 2011. Known as Miksy, the female Belgian Malinois is currently under training in various natural habitats in Assam and will join the K9 team this winter.
These highly trained dogs pick up the scent at the scene of a wildlife crime and follow it back to the criminals involved providing a support to the Wildlife Crime and Monitoring Programme and Misky's chief trainer feels she will be a good tracker dog in the field. She will join Jorba (the first dog that DSWF supported in 2011) and Babli, along with another three new dogs that have been funded by NABU-Germany.
The dogs ability to track down poachers from the source of a crime has proved invaluable in gathering evidence for criminal convictions while their presence in the region also sends out a strong zero-tolerance message to would-be poachers.
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