01/05/2022
Pawsitive News Now: Montana Dog Rescue receives grant to expand Wildlife Conservation efforts!! ๐พ๐ฑ๐ฆฎ๐๐
received a $250 thousand grant from to help animals and the environment all over the world! ๐
Working Dogs for Conservation trains detection dogs for different conservation efforts. These dogs are unique because they are all rescues.
This grant will be used to train more dogs near Missoula and also develop more internships for students from tribal colleges where they'll learn how to be handlers.
The organization is training about six dogs right now, and has 45 working dogs around the world helping with a variety of projects from antipoaching work in Africa to detecting invasive weeds on Mount Sentinel here in Missoula.
Early next year, the organization will team up with Indigenous Vision to detect and map contamination on the Blackfeet Reservation, things like heavy metals and pharmaceuticals.
Such an incredible organization!! They are a true definition of what it means to be Wildlife Warriors! Keep up the AMAZING work!!!!!