Craig Henderson
@craigwhenderson.bsky.social
BSc(Hons) Wildlife and Conservation Management, certified Conservation Detection Dog Handler, interested in mammal ecology and animal behaviour.
Reposted by Craig Henderson
I'm a published scientist! Along with the teams at Action for Cheetahs in Kenya and K9 Conservationists, I've been working for about 4 years on a project to help cheetah scat detection dogs not alert to leopard and caracal scat. And now we're in Cognition!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Using differential reinforcement and extinction to increase specificity in cheetah scat detection dogs - Animal Cognition
Detection dogs are trained using limited samples and then expected to generalize this ability to recognize wild samples while maintaining specificity to a target category. Such specificity is critical...
link.springer.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm a published scientist! Along with the teams at Action for Cheetahs in Kenya and K9 Conservationists, I've been working for about 4 years on a project to help cheetah scat detection dogs not alert to leopard and caracal scat. And now we're in Cognition!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy to share that I’m now a Lantra-certified Conservation Detection Dog Handler! Looking forward to using these skills to support conservation efforts with some great dogs. Huge thanks to everyone who’s supported me on this journey, and feel free to reach out if you’re interested to learn more!
March 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Happy to share that I’m now a Lantra-certified Conservation Detection Dog Handler! Looking forward to using these skills to support conservation efforts with some great dogs. Huge thanks to everyone who’s supported me on this journey, and feel free to reach out if you’re interested to learn more!