Conservation dogs perform vital roles across Australia. Some are guardians protecting wildlife from predators while others put their powerful sense of smell to use as sniffer dogs or detection dogs.
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Anthrozoologist, external advisor, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
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Professor, Chair of Computational Biology and Animal Genetics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Transylvania University
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Zoological Society of London
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Ecologist, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Biology, University of Salford
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Researcher in Koala, Detection Dogs, Conservation Genetics and Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
