SNIFFING AROUND
FWP investigates the benefits of using K9 companions to assist with game law enforcement. By Michael Wright. Photos by Erik Petersen
UNDER INVESTIGATION Increasingly across the United States, state and federal conservation agencies are using dogs to help in law enforcement. K9 companions can find hidden evidence (such as spent shell casings), track humans, and detect hidden game carcasses in vehicles. Here FWP warden sergeant Coy Kline works with his three-year-old German shepherd, Kikka. 14
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