Guwahati, Mar 21: In pursuant of its sustained efforts for complementing enforcement agencies’ action to prevent wildlife crimes and facilitating synergised action, premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak (www.aaranyak.org) has helped Assam Forest Department in deployment of a unit of anti-poaching K9 dog along with a trained handler in rhino-bearing Laokhowa-Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary (LBWLS) in Nagaon district of Assam.
Deployment of a K9 sniffer dog unit along with the trained handler in LBWLS was put into effect from today as per the logistical support provided by Assam Forest Department in general and the authority of LBWLS in particular.
The K9 sniffer dog unit of Belgian Malinois (Female) breed, has completed training recently and will be available around the clock to support the forest field staff deployed at Laokhowa Burhachapori WLS which is a part of Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, for the purpose of mounting surveillance and other related activities.
The K9 Dog Unit is a key component of the Legal and Advocacy Division of Aaranyak for the purpose of prevention of wildlife crimes through synergised action among enforcement agencies.
Comprising Belgian Malinois dogs and their handlers, the K9 dog squad of Aaranyak has been actively involved in assisting forest and police officials in anti-poaching operations in Assam’s other rhino-bearing areas of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve, Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.