Making the world a better place one sniff at a time
Located in Perth, Western Australia
Conservation Detection & Medical Detection Dog Work
Born in the midst of bushfires and pandemics, Detection for Good is a spark of hope. We make the world a better place by training and deploying highly trained detection dog teams for environmental and health applications.
Get involved
This is how you can help us make a difference
Volunteer
From graphic design to building equipment, we want to use YOUR superpower to help us make a difference!
Fundraise or Donate
There are so many ways you can support us! From running a fundraising event, to leaving a bequest or funding a project.
Sponsor a puppy
Sponsoring a puppy helping us feed, equip, train, and house our environment and life-saving puppies!
Work with us
We work collaboratively with industry, NGOs, researchers, government, and community to cost-effectively identify conservation targets in the field (and soon medical in the lab!). Our detection dogs are trained to a high degree of specificity and reliability and to work safely around wildlife.
Conservation Detection
Conservation detection dogs can sniff out targets impossible for us to find. Whether they are cryptic, tiny, underground or underwater, contact us about your project today. We offer detection dog surveys, ecological data collection and management, and the full analysis and reporting pipeline for conservation detection dog work. As experienced conservation science researchers we can co-develop, manage and supervise ecological research projects.
Medical Detection
From Cancer to COVID, canine detection of cancer and other diseases can be rapid, accurate and non-invasive, and has the potential to transform diagnosis and early identification. Our goal is to identify targets where medical detection dogs can reduce invasiveness, decrease cost, or increase the likelihood of early detection and facilitate operationalising the deployment of canine olfaction for disease in Australia where cost-effective.
Meet the team
We specialise in training and deploying conservation detection dogs for survey, monitoring, eradication and research. Our unique team of applied research scientists and certified trainers are talented, kind, detail oriented and committed. Our training means we can deliver the full pipeline of work from design to publication and everything in between. We can’t wait to work with you.
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![Dr. Megan Barnes]()
Dr. Megan Barnes
Founding Director, Conservation Program Director & Detection Dog Handler
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![Conservation Detection Dog Merlin]()
Merlin
Conservation Detection Dog, Target Scents: bird and bat carcasses
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![Dr. Alice Domenichini]()
Dr. Alice Domenichini
Senior Research Scientist, Trainer, Lab Manager
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![Dr. Jeremy Ringma]()
Dr. Jeremy Ringma
Principal Ecologist, Data Analytics
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![Conservation Detection Dog Dallas]()
Dallas
Pilbara Leaf Nosed Bat roost and scat detection dog
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![Conservation Detection Dog Evie]()
Evie
Pilbara Leaf Nosed Bat roost and scat detection dog
What we believe in
At Detection For Good, we are committed to the highest standards of safety and welfare. We are committed to high quality project design, data collection and analysis.
We are a team of excellent scientists and certified dog trainers
We train with kindness
Safety is our highest priority
Cost-efficient, accurate data collection
Effectiveness – all of our detection dogs undertake certification
We are a private enterprise working for the common good
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