In this episode of K9 Conservationists, co-founder Kayla Fratt speaks about her PhD research. This episode covers background on the Alexander Archipelago wolf, some past research done by other biologists, and how dogs fit into the picture. She then discusses dog selection, onboarding, and training for this project. This episode ends with Kayla and her field technician Grace missing the ferry to Alaska.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Genetic Gobeldygook with Ellen Dymit
Detection dogs afraid of wolf scat (Vervaecke et al., 2021)