• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Team
  • Submit Content
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Careers
  • Answer
  • Trends Worldwide

Hasan Jasim

Hasan Jasim is a place where you may get entertainment, viral videos, trending material, and breaking news. For a social generation, we are the largest community on the planet.

Ad example

Dogs Trained to Defend Animals Have Saved 45 Rhinos From Poachers in South Africa

by Hasan 4 Comments

ShareTweet

A dog pack has been taught to defend South Africa’s wildlife, and they have already protected 45 rhinos from poaching.

Many different canine breeds, ranging from beagles to bloodhounds, have been deployed to defend endangered species from poachers. The canines begin training at birth and learn how to manage all of the stresses of real-world operations before starting work at 18 months old.

Sean Viljoen, 29, of Cape Town, South Africa, posted photos of the dogs in action at the Southern African Wildlife College in the Greater Kruger National Park. He is the proprietor of the Conservation Film Company, which attempts to convey the experiences of individuals on the frontlines of conservation, sharing their stories of optimism.

‘The data we collect for our applied learning initiative aimed at educating best practice reveals we have stopped about 45 rhinos from being murdered since the free tracking dogs became active in February 2018,’ said Johan van Straaten, a K9 Master at the institution.

‘In the regions that the Southern African Wildlife College patrols, the success rate of the dogs is over 68% utilizing both on and off leash free tracking dogs, compared to 3–5% with no canine capability.’

‘The game changer has been free tracking dogs, who can follow at far quicker rates than humans in terrain where even the greatest human trackers would lose spoor.

As a result, the project is assisting in the survival of southern Africa’s unique biodiversity and animals, particularly rhinos, who have been badly hit by wildlife crime. South Africa is home to almost 80% of the world’s rhinos.

‘Almost the last decade, over 8,000 rhinos have been poached, making it the country hardest impacted by this poaching onslaught,’ says the World Wildlife Fund.

The canines, which include Texan Black-and-Tan Coonhounds, Belgian Malinois, Foxhounds, and Blue Ticks, have been taught to ‘assist essential counter-poaching measures’ such as free tracking, incursion, detection, patrol, and apprehension dogs. Precious Malapane and Robynne Wasas, both dog handlers, are members of the ‘K9 unit quick reaction’ squad and assist in the training of anti-poaching dogs. ‘They begin training from birth and are socialized from a very young age,’ Johan van Straaten remarked.

‘They learn to track, bay at a human in a tree, and obey simple commands.’

‘They learn to track, bay at a human in a tree, and obey simple commands.’

‘At six months, we formalized all of that training – they have the essential skill set to do the task at a younger age, but they are not mature enough to manage all of the stresses of real operations.’

‘Depending on a variety of circumstances, dogs become operational at the age of 18 months.’

According to the Department of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries, 594 rhinos were poached in the country in 2019, according to Save The Rhino.

Poaching peaked at 1,215 in 2014, however for the sixth year in a straight, rates have decreased.

Facebook Comments Box

Filed Under: Trends Worldwide Tagged With: Africa, animals, defend, Dogs, from, have, poachers, rhinos, saved, south, trained, trends, worldwide

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Cindy says

    July 24, 2022 at 10:43 pm

    Wonderful. Protect our wildlife

    Reply
  2. C. Brunner says

    July 25, 2022 at 2:38 pm

    How does one send a cash contribution to the training of the dogs?

    Reply
  3. Jean Kreiseler says

    July 25, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    Brilliant work! I hope other countries with rhinos will pick up on this! But also it’s too late! The people using ivory must be stopped! The trades must be stopped! The buyers stopped! You are shutting arable door after the horse has gone! EDUCATION!!! And crippling fines needed!

    Reply
  4. Murray says

    July 26, 2022 at 5:57 am

    This is fantastic. How are they trained not to bother people just wandering around sniffing the roses? If they scent no gunpowder, they leave you alone? Is there a mortality rate to the dogs from predators such as lions, hyena? Very interesting solution.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

More to See

A One-Eyed ‘Cyclops’ Dog with Two Tongues and No Nose was Born in The Philippines

By Hasan

An Incredibly Old Python Laid Eggs At A Zoo Despite Not Seeing A Male In Decades

By Hasan

Senior Chihuahua Who Ended Up At A Shelter Tucked Himself Into Bed Every Night

By Hasan

Scientists Unearth Primeval ‘Lost World’ in Enormous Sinkhole in China

By Hasan

The “Crazy Paving Cave” in New Zealand Closes So That The World’s Largest Spider Can Hang Its Baby Balls In Peace

By Hasan

These Three Silverback Gorilla Brothers Guard a Group of 22 Female Gorillas

By Hasan

When an Austrian Woman Returns From Croatia, She Discovers 18 Scorpions in Her Suitcase!

By Hasan

Footer

Hasan Jasim

We share the most heartwarming, uplifting and important stories, so that you can share them with your friends and family.

Recent

  • At 2,100 Years Old, Lady Dai’s Mummy Is Still In Unbelievable Shape
  • The mystery of the “squnk”: Ohio residents can’t tell if this creature is a squirrel or a skunk
  • Street dog is found in shoebox – everyone is shocked when they lift her up

Search

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in