Dogs Can Sniff-Out Invasive Plant Species With High Accuracy to Curb Their Destruction

Sniffer dogs are being trained in Germany to detect potentially destructive invasive plants—alien species that are one of the main causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Scientists from Leipzig evaluated whether volunteer handlers and their dogs could be trained as effective detectives, and found the teams could locate invasive species in the wild with 75% accuracy. […] The post Dogs Can Sniff-Out Invasive Plant Species With High Accuracy to Curb Their Destruction appeared first on Good News Network.

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