This dog was recently recognized for helping to save more than 100 injured koalas in Australia.
During 2019 and 2020, Australia’s troubles left many wildlife stranded and injured, and Bear, an Australian Koolie six times the size, was brought in to help.
Not everyone can help save koalas. Bear’s owner said he needed a special dog.
» First, you have to find a good dog, » says Director of the Department of Discovery Dogs, Dr. Romane Cristescu.» The reason we call Bear is because he has that preoccupation. We call it OCB – preoccupation obsessive gestures. Mostly guys who want to play all day.”
Cristescu says they use that energy to train them towards a specific goal. After Bear was released into ravaged areas, he signaled that he knew he had set up a koala trap.
» He fell to the ground. So we mainly want the signal to be as non-invasive as possible for the visitor because that would be really stressful. So as soon as you gently step into what we call the beach cone, it falls,” Cristescu said.
For Bear’s efforts, he received an award from the International Animal Welfare Fund.
» We are all very happy that he was honored. But it’s really an award that goes behind Bear,” Cristescu said. The Wildlife Rescue Group and the International Fund for Animal Welfare have made it possible for us to help, and those on the ground have a really tough job being on the front lines of suffering creatures.”
For Bear’s efforts, he received an award from the International Animal Welfare Fund.
» We are all very happy that he was honored. But it’s really an award that goes behind Bear,” Cristescu said. The Wildlife Rescue Group and the International Fund for Animal Welfare have made it possible for us to help, and those on the ground have a really tough job being on the front lines of suffering creatures.”
“Bears often release wild animals, so sick and injured creatures that aren’t related to fire are more common,” Cristescu said. We have different research systems and we study effects like the effects of fire and climate change on koalas, the impact of urbanization on koalas. And for all these effects, we have to find koalas. It’s his day job.”
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