Sniffer Dogs May Have Found Lost and ‘Critically Endangered’ Sumatran Rhinos

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The International Rhino Foundation teamed up with sniffer dogs from Working Dogs for Conservation to locate Sumatran rhinos

The dogs “have discovered what are believed to be several heaps of Sumatran rhino dung” in Indonesia, according to an Aug. 18 report from conservation news outlet Mongabay

Working Dogs for Conservation explained that “dogs can have upwards of 220 million [scent receptors], which is why they can detect a single teaspoon of sugar in a million gallons of water”

With dogged determination, dogs sniffing for signs of the “critically endangered” Sumatran rhinos may have found the elusive wild animals .

Earlier this month, the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) teamed up with sniffer dogs from Working Dogs for Conservation, the Yayasan Badak Indonesia