Episode 56: Pete Coppolillo- How Sporting Dogs Are Saving The World One Sniff At A Time

Pete Coppolillo is the Director of Working Dogs for Conservation, which is an organization devoted to utilizing dogs to combat poaching efforts and stem the movements of invasive species throughout the world. He's also an avid bird hunter from Montana who spends much of his time each fall hunting with his Griffon. We discuss how these dogs are trained for conservation work to help with ecological monitoring & wildlife crime & what is involved in combating invasive species.