2025-01-22
1 小时 4 分钟Oh, hey, it's that thing in the backyard that you meant to do something with, but now it got rained on.
It's Alie Ward.
This is Ologies.
This is a show that is seldom about dogs, except for now, as this is a bit of a companion episode to last week's ethno sinology episode about dogs being your companions.
How wolves went to dogs.
So this week, we are following up with a wonderful new guest on how science and conservation partners with dogs to do the work that we cannot.
So, yes, dogs can not only smell narcotics in a duffel bag, they can also let us know how plants and animals are faring in the wild.
So this guest shot her shot by tagging me in some excellent videos about her work in conservation.
And look where we are now.
We got a whole episode.
So as a second year PhD student at Oregon State University, they travel the world studying wolves on islands in Alaska, jungle cats, and so much more.
And as a founder of a nonprofit group called Canine Conservationists, this ologist coined the term ecoodorology, which can involve dogs detecting little plants, mold, invasive species.
They detect bat and bird fatalities on wind farms, invasive zebra, mussels, carnivore populations, cheetahs in Kenya, bobcats in the foothills, and they're trained to find so much more.
So this episode is a bit of a treat because we recorded it in two parts.
First, I headed to a trailhead in LA's Griffith park on an absolute scorcher.
So hot.
And we're kind of moving back on down.
I'm probably gonna let him just keep this ball.
Uhhuh.
And let him.