Bear sits with his handler Romane Cristescu.
Bear, a five-year-old rescue dog, is a “very happy soul”, according to his handler, Romane Cristescu, a French ecologist in Australia. He also has a very special skill: detecting koalas.
Unlike many other detection dogs, who are trained on the odour of scat, Bear is trained on the scent of live koala fur.
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