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Our fabulous K-9's perform so many jobs, they are used in the Military, for Police work, as Seeing Eye dogs, as service animals... the list goes on and on... but did you know they are also being used in Conservation? On today's episode of My Dog Digs Dirt I talk exclusively with Pete Coppolillo, Executive Director of Working Dogs for Conservation, a group that trains the world's best conservation detection dogs and puts them to work saving wildlife and wild places. Questions or Comments? Email Lauren at lauren@petliferadio.com More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Working Dogs for Conservation on Pet Life Radio
Dr. Ursula Rack, Arctic and Antarctic Historian at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, talks with Marcie and Whistle about her incredible historical research into the working dogs of Antarctica. You will be fascinated as Dr. Rack recounts the information she has gathered about working dogs and how they were utilized in Antarctica from the diaries and reports of the explorers and scientists. Their heroic expeditions date back to the late 1800s. Dr. Rack talks specifically about these canine and human pioneering heroes and how important their work has been on our present day global climate and environment! Questions or Comments? Send them to: marcie@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Working Dogs of Antarctica with Marcie Davis
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Victoria describes her attendance at the powerful opening ceremony launch event for the University of Pennsylvania's Vet School Working Dog Center on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11. Holly discusses her recent visit to Dallas, and Victoria recaps her shoot in and around Detroit for her eHow Pets YouTube channel. They are joined on the phone by Katrene Johnson, the owner and handler of Morgan, one of the few surviving search and rescue dogs who worked in New York during the aftermath of 9/11. Also calling in on the Positively Hotline is Dr. Cynthia Otto, the Executive Director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center to discuss the exciting new work being done at the Center, why positive training is the only truly effective tool to use with working dogs, and how to determine whether or not your dog would make a good working dog. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Working Dogs with Victoria Stilwell & Holly Firfer var ACE_AR = {Site: '845738', Size: '468060'};