Tag: canine
Nigerian Air Force receives 21 special operations dogs
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has received 21 special operation dogs which returned from South Africa on 6 August after receiving advanced training from...
Vapor Wake detection dogs securing South Africa’s airports
Vapor Wake mobile explosive detection dogs are being used to secure all nine of South Africa’s major airports on behalf of the Airports Company...
Kenya Defence Forces, US canine handlers exchange knowledge
For the second time in less than a year, veterinarians assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa met with the Kenya...
CJTF-HOA shares canine experience, knowledge with Kenya Defence Force
Kenyan and American service members teamed up to shared the best ways to treat and train Military Working Dogs (MWD) in the...
Paramount dogs to protect pangolins
The Ichikowitz Family Foundation and the African Pangolin Working Group have teamed up to protect these threatened animals, with Paramount providing specialist...
Genesis K9 Group supporting anti-poaching operations in SA and Mozambique
The Genesis K9 Group, based near Pretoria, has supplied almost a dozen dogs for the fight against wildlife poaching and they are...
South Africa’s dog soldiers
Dogs have long been part and parcel of the military and South Africa is no different with a specialist dog training facility...
Anti-poaching dogs a game-changer for Kruger
Canine in the Kruger National Park – used for tracking and capturing poachers as well as detecting contraband like firearms and rhino...
Skydiving anti-poaching dog gets Guinness world record
Guinness World Records has recognised a German Shepherd called Arrow as the world's first skydiving anti-poaching dog.
Arrow is one of nearly 200...
Specialised K9 narcotics unit to fight drugs in Joburg
The City of Johannesburg metro police have unveiled a new specialised K9 narcotics unit, set to wage war against drugs in the...
Check before you speak, Minister!
South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula needs to verify her facts before she speaks, or risk further embarrassment to the South...
