These DOGS Are SAVING KOALAS By SNIFFING POO
A new collaborative research project between @ifawaustralia and @usc.australia is seeing dogs saving koalas…by sniffing poo! The dogs are being employed to sniff, track and locate koala droppings in NSW and QLD forests so that scientists can collect and analyse the samples. From these droppings, they can learn more about the koala’s hormone levels, gut microbiome and pathogen prevalence, indicating the health of the population!