Encounter with King Cobra
Sadie and I were in some great looking habitat (big shady trees, hidden waterholes) but before I knew it she had her tail between her legs and was stopped dead, looking at something on the ground. I...
View ArticleChecking-in to Choul Outpost
Today, the Dog Team headed out to Choul Outpost in the northwest corner of Mondulkiri Protected Forest. And little did we know the adventure we were in for! Jen and Scooby ran into Elds deer while...
View ArticleIn the spotlight!
Yeah! Another cell (area of land being covered by the dogs for scat) successfully completed! Thanks to WWF’s GIS man, Ratanak, we had great maps helping us to move around a cell in the best areas...
View ArticleClose encounter of the large kind!
Sadie is back to work! It’s her first day since getting Tick Fever in the middle of January. She has a slow, steady and short day but does great! Scooby is raring to go and struts his stuff with a...
View ArticleSadie back in action!
Whoa! Check out the size of that scat that Sadie found! Liz wears a woman’s size US 9.5 boot. That is definitely a large scat! It had a great diameter…could be another possible tiger sample! Look how...
View ArticleOff the beaten track
Heath arrived with Max, our back-up dog, a couple days ago! We headed out into Mondulkiri for some intense dog and handler training, and to find more tiger scat. After a full few days of training, we...
View ArticleUnexplored territory
Change of plan. (Again.) We decided to make our 3 day camping trip a 6 day trek! We headed out to Bramath on the O’Pley river, hoping to complete 7 transects by the time we make it back to Chhouk....
View ArticleLast camping trip
Wow! We are heading on our last camping trip for the study. It’s incredible to believe that we are finally on the last few cells. We set-up camp and are settled in, these back roads are definitely...
View ArticleScooby pulls a hamstring
Finished surveys for our cell! Scooby and Sadie have done excellent work. We worked alternate days giving each dog time to train on tiger scat. The dogs worked a blind trail problem with Vong and Oudom...
View ArticleLast Hurrah!
Finally at our last campsite! It is funny; we are at a spring, the only water for miles around. Everyone is bathing from a pot of water, including Scooby and Sadie! Scooby is on bed rest for the next...
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