Working Dogs for Conservation
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I just read in the latest Costco magazine about this organization based in Missoula, Montana. It seems like they do some interesting and valuable work with the dogs they train. According to the article, the dogs find rare and endangered wildlife, detect invasive plants and animals, uncover environmental contaminants and even assist with wildlife law enforcement by detecting contraband and tracking poachers. Quite a repertoire of skills.
I wondered if piqué knows about them or the women at the heart of the organization?
Big Al
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I saw a video about these dogs.
Valuable work for sure, but what I remember most is that the dogs love it!
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I just read in the latest Costco magazine about this organization based in Missoula, Montana. It seems like they do some interesting and valuable work with the dogs they train. According to the article, the dogs find rare and endangered wildlife, detect invasive plants and animals, uncover environmental contaminants and even assist with wildlife law enforcement by detecting contraband and tracking poachers. Quite a repertoire of skills.
I wondered if piqué knows about them or the women at the heart of the organization?
Big Al
@Big_Al said in Working Dogs for Conservation:
I wondered if piqué knows about them or the women at the heart of the organization?
They appear to be carpetbaggers. I've spent decades immersed in conservation issues in the region, I've interviewed and/or am friends with all the major players in the state, and I've never heard of a single one of these people. They seem to have little to no connection to Montana or Missoula. And as someone who was on staff of a local non-profit myself in the aughts, I have to wonder if this is some kind of boondoggle (no pun intended).
It works like this: Set up a cool-sounding 501c-3 and then write up a bunch of blather in grant proposals to get angel funders and you're off. The staff is ridiculously huge for a project with such a tiny niche. I find that suspicious.
