In northeastern Washington 1,400 K-12 rural underserved students at 11 schools played ball with the CK9s in 2016. After one demonstration a 6th grade girl told her teacher that she now didn't know what kind of scientist she wanted to be. The teacher shared that this is the
Mission: To distinguish between multiple, concurrent pressures
facing wildlife over a large geographic range. The
Conservation Canines program addresses this need
by combining the precision and efficiency of detection
dogs to readily locate wildlife scat samples with
the ability to extract a wide variety of genetic and
physiological indicators from scat. These indicators
provide information about species abundance,
distribution, resource use, and physiological health all
in relation to the environmental pressure(s) the species
is encountering.
Scat detection dogs are able to locate samples from
multiple species simultaneously across large, remote
areas and have a lower bias compared to traditional
wildlife detection methods. No other method can
acquire such a vast amount of reliable information
in so short a time, making this approach incredibly
valuable for conservation and management planners.
In northeastern Washington 1,400 K-12 rural underserved students at 11 schools played ball with the CK9s in 2016. After one demonstration a 6th grade girl told her teacher that she now didn't know what kind of scientist she wanted to be. The teacher shared that this is the kind of dilemma that she wants for her students. Scat detection rescued shelter dogs + kids+ real wildlife conservation projects in our backyard + science + GPS technology + career role models = Engaging our future stewards of earth & its critters! The CK9s present acton-filled participatory outreach programs.