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22-05-2025: Following more than 12 month of dedicated work, Ms. Helle Kublitz has managed to get
LP1 LP2 LP3 DKLPCH Ravensbank Nippy (Billy) KRYUS, BOSH and LANTRA accredited as Conservation Detection Dog.
"Conservation Detection Dog" - you are probably asking.... What is that? These are dogs that are specially trained to sniff out odors related to conservation. They work similarly to bomb, drug, or search and rescue dogs—but instead of searching for accelerants, heroin, or missing people, they search for things related to conservation biology. Primarily conservation detection dogs sniff for invasive species. These are plants or animals that have colonized a part of the world that they’re not native to. Because they’ve arrived with human help and without any natural predators or diseases, they can take over an ecosystem. This can be devastating to the native plants and animals. Generally, conservation detection dogs are used to find plants or insects in this category. They may also be trained to find the scat (poop) of invasive animals as a way for scientists to know if those invasive animals are present in an area or not.
The education is based on the certified "Conservation Detection Dog" training from Kryus Ltd in Great Britain, and the examination is carried out by Kryus Ltd. accredited trainers, with a background from military and/or police special search units. Trainers in Denmark have themselves been accredited by Kryus, and carries a solid professional background with dog work from the police. External lecturers are assigned to the course – e.g. a biologist, a veterinarian, a specialst in GPS/mapping etc.. To become "Conservation Detection Dog Team", the handler must pass a theoretical examn in areas such as dog physiology and health, theory of scent distribution, learning models, legislation, biology and much much more. Then there is the practical examn which is a two day event with four steps: Open land seach, Vehicle search, Wood/Moor search, and Building search - e.g. building material / hardware store. A strict 30 minutes of operational time is given to each search. There are 0-3 sources in each search (the handler doesn't know the number of sources in each search). So in an area of 20-50,000 m² the dog must uncover 0-3 sources within the 30 minutes. The margin of error must be 0.
Ms. Kublitz has sent us a detailed description of the entire process with training and final examn. Clearly it is an incredibly demanding training and we can only wish Ms. Kublitz a very warm congratulation with antoher amazing result together with her lovely dog from us.