Carnarvon Canines in Cooran, Queensland | Environmental consultant

Carnarvon Canines

Locality: Cooran, Queensland

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25.01.2022 Just found the clip from ABC story in March from Mt Emerald. Sparky and Lily are really missing their daily searches for northern quoll. What an amazing opportunity it was to work with the 4 Elements Consulting team.

23.01.2022 HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope 2021 is Kind to everyone! The Carnarvon Canines & I have had a very long Hiatus during a rough 2020 for many, due to supporting family, grief, Covid restrictions and then unfortunately I contracted a serious zoonotic bacterial infection from soil or animal........yes a zoonoses!! eek! ......which has meant I have been unable to attend normal activities for the last two months. My health is still recovering fully, however, I am excited for 2021 and ha...ve some exciting plans in progress to share my decade of knowledge in the training and working of conservation dogs. I will be doing less field work and more online mentoring to fit in around my health recovery, University Masters Research and Creative projects. There are currently many great dog trainers delivering detection dog expertise, so I am trying to tailor mine around the following (still to refine): 1. An advisory role for industry wanting to determine how to use conservation dogs and species biology/ecology/field survey design for their project. 2. mentoring/coaching to achieve your goals and create a business in this field! To build the best working partnership between dog and handler, based on effective, ethical methods with the dogs welfare and well-being as core. 3. Work hazards (including zoonoses) and wellbeing/workfit for both handlers and dogs. 4. Scent detection training and fieldwork 'troubleshooting tips' that have helped me. 5. Philanthropically I am already working on mentoring youth into this field of work, with a particular passion for encouraging more girls and young women into this field. I genuinely thank those who have had to be incredibly patient waiting for mentoring. Please Watch this space, I will provide more information soon. Thank you, Warmest wishes Amanda Hancock and Lily & Sparky #ConservationDogs #quolldetectiondogs #australasianconservationdognetwork See more

21.01.2022 WPSQ's Quoll Seeker Network is currently surveying for quolls in the Mary River Catchment of Queensland. If you, or someone you know, has sighted one of these r...are dasyurids, please log the sighting with the Atlas of Living Australia at https://bit.ly/2ZPNkk2 or contact the Quoll Seekers Network. See more

19.01.2022 Well done to the Carnarvon Canines led by my own family member Amanda Hancock! Read below for a good news environmental story on the amazing research Amanda has... been undertaking finding quolls in Australia... They may not have seen the spotted-tail quoll in Logan yet...but doggone it, they know theyre there! Evidence of the endangered spotted-tail quoll has been confirmed in Logan, Qld for the first time in more than a decade. The rural, bushland areas of the region have historically been quoll habitat, but none have been seen there since 2005. The spotted-tail quoll, a carnivorous marsupial is classified as endangered by the federal government and vulnerable by the Queensland government. We discovered traces of spotted-tailed quoll droppings, or scats, on a farming property in Lyons, a rural area of Logan, says Wildlife Protection Society of Queenslands project officer Matt Cecil, and they were found by tracker dogs in rugged, rocky crevices on private property in rough bushland east of Boonah. There are rocky outcrops which are perfect for females to nest their offspring and there are lots of logs, tree hollows and deep crevices for them to hide in. Cecil says. As mentioned, sniffer dogs from the group Carnarvon Canines, were used to find the scats and they discovered both older and more recent scents. Quolls are mostly nocturnal, they can roam up to six kilometres looking for food and they use faeces to mark their territory, Says Cecil, and though no quolls were spotted either during surveys or on wildlife monitoring cameras the strong and fresh quoll odours at a number of rocky outcrops and den sites is very encouraging. he says. Interestingly, according to Carnarvon Canines Amanda Hancock - a Fauna Ecologist and Wildlife Detection Dog Specialist - research has shown that quolls amongst other species can smell and hear camera traps and will then avoid them. Councillor Jon Raven, Logans city planning, economic development and environment chairman, said the discovery was a timely reminder that councils should pursue searches for endangered wildlife before development decisions are made. Last year researchers also discovered the DNA of platypus in the Logan River, leading to the formation of a community group that has since seen platypuses in the river, says Raven, and now there are strong indicators that spotted-tail quoll may still be existing in Logan, a wonderful thing. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au//sniffer-dogs-pick-up-sce

19.01.2022 Conservations Best Friend too. It is a daily privilege to witness the brilliance of Mans Best Friend (my amazing dogs Lily & Sparky) helping to save Australias elusive northern quoll. #quolldetectiondogs #MtEmeraldWindFarm

19.01.2022 Happy World Wildlife Day! A special message from a quirky quoll for all the Conservation Kids! And a huge Thank you to everyone working to protect our precious ...wildlife and habitats around the world! #quolls #carnarvoncanines #conservationdogs #conservationist #wildlifequeensland #worldwildlifeday See more

18.01.2022 QUOLLS NEED YOUR HELP!.......WORKING TOGETHER TO SAVE THE SPOTTED-TAILED QUOLL.. With the recent 2020 confirmed records after several decades we need to act soon with field surveys, to ensure the protection of future generations of quolls! Please help support citizen science, ecologists and conservation dogs saving quolls through #wildlifequeensland THANK YOU

17.01.2022 We will post updates from our adventure - Quoll Quest on our return. Excited

16.01.2022 #carnarvoncanines Quoll Detection Dog team can’t wait to work with #wildlifequeensland and The Mary Valley community in search of quolls. See below links from Wildlife Queensland.

15.01.2022 Link to online ABC story. Should be on ABC Qld 7pm News tonight. Error - should say northern quoll, Not northern spotted-tailed. Northern and Spotted-tailed are two diff species of quoll. http://mobile.abc.net.au//sniffer-dogs-could-be-n/9524674

13.01.2022 My morning - Filming with Channel 9 at #MtEmeraldWindFarm to highlight the power of my amazing Carnarvon Canines Lily and Sparky #quolldetectiondogs in helping detect and protect the #northernquoll ....Watch this space (first 3 photos courtesy of 4 Elements Consulting Cairns)

12.01.2022 Back into a little fitness this week to get Work Fit again for Detection Work. Both Dog & Handler Fitness is crucial to fieldwork. Best Rehab...MUTTivator - K9 PT Lily!

09.01.2022 Working Together to Save The Endangered Quoll. Positive results from 2019 Quoll detection dog surveys in the Logan region. Carnarvon Canines will be searching again Winter 2020 to hopefully gather more quoll scat (poo) evidence at the same properties. Scats are difficult to detect by human visual observation, especially in quolls preferred rocky habitat and when quolls are in low density, across large home ranges. Scats degrade from exposure to sun, rain and ants, adding to t...he difficulty in confirmation of presence. Camera trapping can have limitations too for difficulty in placement near likely rocky dens and are static, ie. quolls have to be moving past at a given time to provide photo evidence. And studies have shown quolls may see and hear camera traps (Meek et.al) and have been recorded avoiding cage traps. The specialist detection dogs can detect concentrations up to 1 part per Trillion of the target odour eau de parfum quoll and help cover large areas in a shorter time, to pinpoint quoll odour presence at key denning habitat which helps to streamline camera trapping efforts and to directly locate scats, increasing scientists chances of collecting evidence for identification. #carnarvoncanines #wildlifequeensland #B4C #spottedtailedquoll #quollseekers #logancitycouncil #bulimbacreekcatchmentcoordinatingcommittee See more

08.01.2022 #carnarvoncanines Quoll Detection Dog team cant wait to work with #wildlifequeensland and The Mary Valley community in search of quolls. See below links from Wildlife Queensland.

06.01.2022 Carnarvon Canines & Saddler Springs Education Centre Pty Ltd Director: Amanda Hancock is currently working on new marketing material and videos and apologises for limited information currently on our page. For Companies or Individuals wishing to learn more about how our wildlife detection dog services may assist your project, or if you are interested in discussing wildlife detection dog &/or handler training/mentoring (all species), please contact me via email in the first instance: [email protected] .

06.01.2022 Below is a link to a video from 4 Elements Consulting Cairns. The Carnarvon Canines and I (Saddler Springs Education Centre Pty Ltd) worked alongside 4 Elements Ecologists for 8.5 months on the Mt Emerald Wind Farm North Qld. We were contracted by 4 Elements on behalf their Client Ratch Australia. This video from 4 Elements Consulting (Mellissa Jess) provides some insight to the work environment, where the dogs and I completed daily intensive quoll searches. And it demonstrates the power of the use of Wildlife detection dogs. https://youtu.be/33CQkCP69Y8

06.01.2022 Little dog envy from the deck while the big dogs and I do some fitness and scent training! We will be promoting shortly some Carnarvon Canines Clinics for 2019 - Watch this Space!

04.01.2022 Tune in today at 9.35am to ABC Sunshine Coast radio 90.3/95.3FM Annie Gaffney mornings. QUOLLS + CONSERVATION DOGS + CITIZEN SCIENCE #carnarvoncanines #threatenedspeciescomissioner #detectiondogsforconservation #ConservationDogs #QUOLLS #wildlifequeensland

01.01.2022 The #carnarvoncanines and I are excited to be heading off Monday for a week in search of the Spotted-tailed Quoll. We are headed to a secret remote location in South East Qld to help Quollseekers (WPSQ) and Bulimba Creek Catchment Committee find evidence of quoll where they havent had confirmed sightings since the 80s. We will share snippets from the field on return. https://wildlife.org.au/spotted-tailed-quoll/