Meet ZNE’s “Turtle Dog,” Koda


Zoo New England

There’s a new member of the Zoo New England team: Koda the Australian shepherd mix. Koda, affectionately known as the Zoo’s “Turtle Dog,” is being trained to assist staff in locating turtles in their native habitat as part of vital conservation work to protect and bolster regionally threatened populations of turtles, particularly the locally rare eastern box turtle.

Learn more: http://www.zoonewengland.org/turtledog

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