Detection dogs assist in predator eradication mission in South Westland

Wednesday 8 October 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Wed 8 Oct 2025, 8:25pm

Specialist detection dogs are being used to locate possums, rats and stoats across 100,000 hectares of South Westland. The animals are part of the Predator Free South Westland project, which aims to eliminate these pests from backcountry, farmland and towns.

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1. RNZWed 8 Oct 2025, 8:09pm

   Dauntless detections dogs hold key to pest eradication in remote South Westland (opens in new tab)

2. Otago Daily TimesWed 8 Oct 2025, 8:25pm

   Detection dogs sniffing out predators on West Coast (opens in new tab)