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One hundred years ago, ornate box turtles were found in half of the 102 counties in Illinois. Now they live in only 10 counties. Dr. Matt Allender, a scientist at the Univers ....
Dogs help researchers find threatened turtles By Associated Press Share: 5 Photos Dog handler John Rucker collects an ornate box turtle that one of his Boykin spaniels located and brought to him Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Nachusa Grasslands, near Franklin Grove in Lee County, Ill. A team of researchers and veterinary students from the University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory located and did health assessments in the field on the threatened turtles. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP) (Photos by Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Photo Gallery FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle. ....
• Updated: 14/05/2021 - 14:39 Boykin spaniels have become an unlikely ally in the fight to save ornate box turtles. The specially trained dogs can sniff out the turtles, thereby allowing conservationists to carry out health assessments on the animals. The four-legged volunteers can sniff out 2.5 turtles per search hour, compared to the one turtle every four or five hours for a biologist. “The dogs have been immensely beneficial in finding the turtles at a much faster rate than we can. They are a tremendous tool for conservation”, says Dr. Matt Allender, Chicago Zoological Society clinical veterinarian and director of the University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory. ....
May 14, 2021 FRANKLIN GROVE (AP) – A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle. Researchers believe ornate box turtles, once living in half of Illinois’ 102 counties, are found in less than 10. One known home for the species is in Lee County, and a team from the Chicago Zoological Society and the University of Illinois spent Friday surveying the 1,500-hectare Nachusa Grasslands. A team paced through the grasses trying to spot the small turtles, aided by a group of Boykin spaniels that can sniff out the turtles’ trail. When a human or a dog located a turtle, researchers made notes about the reptile’s eyes, ears, nose and took physical measurements along with a blood sample. ....
6 days ago in Local Photo: Saga Communications A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle. Ornate box turtles once lived in half of Illinois’ 102 counties. Researchers believe they’re now in less than 10. One known home is in Lee County. A team from the Chicago Zoological Society and the University of Illinois spent Friday surveying the 3,800-acre Nachusa Grasslands. The group paced through the grasses trying to spot the small turtles, aided by Boykin spaniels that can sniff out the turtles’ trail. Dr. Matt Allender with the Chicago Zoological Society says the turtles’ health reflects what’s happening in their environment. ....