EXTREMUS DOG TRAINING, based in St Clears, have teamed up with Animals Saving Animals to contribute to the charity’s efforts to stop poaching.
They have teamed up with Animals Saving Animals to aid in the training and supply of anti-poaching dogs to specific conservancies in Africa.
They will assist in the continued protection and continuation of the African elephant, the black and white rhino, who – if the poaching epidemic continues at its current rate – will see their demise within ten years.
Extremus Dog Training’s directors Darren Priddle and Jacqui Law are now both proud Professional Members of ABWAK (Association of British Wild Animal Keepers) who are an organisation for those involved in the keeping and conservation of wild animals, who seek to achieve the highest standards of excellence in animal welfare through communication, cooperation, training and development.
Extremus currently have two dogs they are training for dual-role application, Rogue and Polaris, both bred by the company in-house and receiving specialised training for their future roles.
Both Rogue and Polaris will be deployed to the Savé Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe when they are 12-months-old for continued training with Daryll Pleasants of Animals Saving Animals. Being a wildlife conservation leader, spanning an area of 3400km, establishing an anti-poaching dog section in partnership with Daryll Pleasants was a crucial step towards preserving and ensuring the survival of the Savé Valley conservancy’s wildlife.
Alongside the development of Rogue and Polaris, Extremus are now undertaking the training of a third dog for deployment as a General Purpose Patrol Dog within the Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania, working in conjunction with the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust.
The Herald contacted Darren Priddle of Extremus Dog Training, who said: “We were contacted initially by Daryll Pleasants of Animals Saving Animals, who has been working with specific conservancies over in Africa for some time.
“He approached us and asked us to partner with him to continue the fight against poaching by specifically breeding and training dogs to work with numerous anti-poaching dog sections.
“We train the dogs up until they are 12 months old where they are then deployed out to Africa so that Daryll can integrate them into their new roles alongside their new handlers.”
We asked Darren how the dogs will help, to which he replied: “The dogs themselves are dual role application dogs, in that they are trained to both track poachers and then apprehend them if necessary.
“They are also taught to alert and react to the sound of gunfire and lead the rangers to the source. Antipoaching dog teams have shown to reduce the risk of poaching in specific conservancies by up to 75%, nothing has yet to prove as successful.”
Speaking about the importance of the cause, Darren said: “Without the anti-poaching rangers and dogs, what is already a huge epidemic will likely rise if poaching continues. This could result in the extinction of rhino species across Africa. That is something that we would like in any way possible to help alleviate.”
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