South Africa’s Anti-Poaching Sky Diving Dogs Make Headlines
A dog called Giant, who works on the ‘frontline’ of the war against poachers in Africa, has become one of the first four-legged anti-poaching team-mates to sky-dive! There’s Arrow too. South Africa’s canine team are making headlines with a BBC documentary that’s been viewed over 4 million times in 4 days. These dogs’ sky-diving skills are necessary […]
A dog called Giant, who works on the ‘frontline’ of the war against poachers in Africa, has become one of the first four-legged anti-poaching team-mates to sky-dive! There’s Arrow too. South Africa’s canine team are making headlines with a BBC documentary that’s been viewed over 4 million times in 4 days.
These dogs’ sky-diving skills are necessary to enable them to get to a scene as quickly as possible if poachers have been spotted, so they can follow their trail.
Poaching has become a billion-dollar industry run by international criminal networks. And as their methods have become increasingly sophisticated, so too has the response… with highly-trained dogs like Giant now working with anti-poaching teams.
And the success rate is excellent with Giant’s brother Killer having caught 115 groups of poachers in 18 months!
The BBC visited Paramount Group’s Anti-Poaching and Canine Training Academy in South Arica to see what they’re capable of. Watch below…
Watch Africa’s anti-poaching dogs take to the skies – BBC News
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