The Center for Wildlife Studies “Wild Maine” series of nature programs, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled to continue at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, with a look at how detection dogs are being trained to assist with wildlife research and conservation efforts.

The program will be offered in a hybrid format to a live audience in the library’s Picker Room and simultaneously streaming on Zoom.

The talk will feature Lindsay Ware, founder of Science Dogs of New England, and animal behaviorist Dr. Cheryl Frederick.

Ware and Frederick, along with a trained detection dog, will discuss how dogs are sniffing out data for biological research. They also will tell the story of their ongoing collaborative project in which they trained and deployed a conservation dog as a low-impact and efficient method of finding wood turtles and nests in terrestrial habitat.

For those interested in learning more about this emerging field, the Center for Wildlife Studies Conservation offers a course about scent-detecting canines.

Ware, a conservation dog trainer, trains and handles scent detection dogs to find cryptic species for conservation research. She is a certified professional dog trainer and instructs canine training classes in Bangor.

For over 20 years, Frederick worked at institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. As an animal caretaker, she worked with a wide range of taxa in a variety of situations from pastures to aviaries, giving her a broad base of experience in most aspects of animal husbandry.

To reserve a spot in the limited live audience, email [email protected] or visit librarycamden.org to register for a Zoom link to attend remotely.

For more information, visit centerforwildlifestudies.org.

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