A sniffer dog has been used to successfully identify a tree disease in the UK for the first time. Ivor, a cross between a cocker spaniel and a labrador, has been trained to detect the deadly tree ...
A sniffer dog has been successfully trained to detect a tree disease as part of a “groundbreaking” project to protect the UK’s woodlands. Experts taught Ivor, a six-year-old cocker spaniel ...
Following the success of the initial trials, Forest Research is now exploring the use of detection dogs to help combat other pests and diseases such as Ips typographus, also known as the eight-toothed ...