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Winter
2007
Dogs nose in and help stop poachers.
Labrador Retrievers, a dream dog for legal hunters,
are becoming
a nightmare for Poachers.
Game wardens are using the breed's natural hunting instincts and
strong desire to please their owners to bust people shooting more
than their limits of game birds and illegally killing deer.
The breed that seems to be the polar opposite of the German shepherds
and Doberman pinschers used by some city police departments is
also helping Kansas law enforcement catch drug dealers and other
criminals.
"It's amazing what these dogs can do for us," said Jason
Sawyers, a Topeka based game warden for the Kansas Department of
Wildlife and Parks. "They can do in seconds or minutes what
could take us hours or days, if we could do it at all." Two
and four- legged wardens hit the fields in 2003 after more than
400 hours of specialized training in Indiana. More recent pairings
do the same............
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