About PADFOOT CONSERVATION K9S

The Padfoot team are specialists in the training and handling of conservation detection and dispersal dogs. With over 20 years’ experience training working dogs for the field and operational conservation detection experience in both Europe and Australasia, the Padfoot team is among the very best operating in this region.

Padfoot maintains teams for invasive fauna detection (fox, wild dog, feral cat) and can train an established, operational dog to reliably detect a new scent - fauna or flora - in just 6 weeks. We also train and mentor scientists who wish to select, train and handle a conservation dog to support their own work, either individually or at our Conservation K9 Camp.

Padfoot believes in maintaining the highest ethical standards and operates under the oversight of an Animal Ethics Committee. Padfoot is also registered with Biosecurity Queensland as a user of animals for scientific purposes - a legal requirement for professional conservation dog teams working in Queensland. The Padfoot team are proud and active members of the Australasian Conservation Dog Network.

To complement our wildlife detection work, Padfoot handlers are qualified and experienced vertebrate pest animal managers providing a range of services to complement the detection of invasive species.

The Padfoot Conservation K9 Team has been featured in a number of videos produced by our clients.