Poop Detectives: Working Dogs in the Field
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How can dogs that sniff for clues in excrement, urine, vomit, and mucus help protect animals from extinction? Author's note. Glossary. Resources. Quotation sources. Selected bibliography. Index. Full-color photographs.
ISBN: 9781580896504
JLG Release: Jan 2017
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Topics:
Working Dogs for Conservation
, Training dogs
, Detector dogs
, Working dogs
, Endangered species
, Scat-detection dogs
, Science and scientists
, Invasive species
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Awards & Honors
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books 2017
Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Booklist, The Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal
School Library Journal
Scat can tell scientists a lot about an animal’s age, gender, diet, and health without harming the animal or the researcher. Scat-detection dogs are conservation heroes that use their amazing sense of smell to locate the feces, urine, horn, and hair of a targeted animal. This elite group of canines travel the world to help find and save endan Scat can tell scientists a lot about an animal’s age, gender, diet, and health without harming the animal or the researcher. Scat-detection dogs are conservation heroes that use their amazing sense of smell to locate the feces, urine, horn, and hair of a targeted animal. This elite group of canines travel the world to help find and save endangered animals one poop at a time. The origin of these super sniffers (with Samuel Wasser recognized as the pioneer of the scat-detection field), how the rescued dogs are selected and trained, and specific examples of the different duties these dogs are assigned are covered. One example is a story about Tucker, a happy-go-lucky Labrador retriever mix who doesn’t like to swim but is an expert at finding orca poop. VERDICT A fine selection that will appeal to a wide range of readers, from dog and science lovers to conservation enthusiasts and kids who enjoy all things poop related.—Paula Huddy, The Blake School-Highcroft Campus, Wayzata, MN
Horn Book
Readers will likely be familiar with dogs that work with law enforcement and
ranchers or those that provide assistance to people with disabilities. They may
be surprised to learn that there are dogs that perform a critical task for wildlife
ecologists and biologists: animal scat detection. The fecal matter of many animals
provides clues to their he Readers will likely be familiar with dogs that work with law enforcement and
ranchers or those that provide assistance to people with disabilities. They may
be surprised to learn that there are dogs that perform a critical task for wildlife
ecologists and biologists: animal scat detection. The fecal matter of many animals
provides clues to their health, and studying poop allows researchers to avoid trapping
or killing animals to obtain this data. Wadsworth explains the training procedures
for “detection canines,” and then follows the dogs into the field. Numerous
examples are provided to show how dogs’ keen sense of smell is utilized to find the
scat of all sorts of animals, including bears, gorillas, sea turtles, and even whales
(whale poop floats for a time), in addition to locating invasive species in the wild.
Wadsworth conveys her fascination with the topic and her love of canines through
excellent photographs of the enthusiastic dogs at work in the field with their
handlers, as well as the creatures they sniff out. Copious asides and text boxes, and
resources for further investigation, cover the topic thoroughly. danielle j. ford
Book Details
ISBN
9781580896504
First Release
January 2017
Genre
Nonfic
Dewey Classification
636.7/0886
Trim Size
8 1/2" x 11"
Page Count
80
Accelerated Reader
Level 6.8; Points: 2;
Scholastic Reading Counts
Level 7.6; Points: 5;
Lexile
Level 1070L
Format
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Potentially Sensitive Areas
None
Topics
Working Dogs for Conservation, Training dogs, Detector dogs, Working dogs, Endangered species, Scat-detection dogs, Science and scientists, Invasive species,
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