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Newt-sniffing dog called Freya is helping to locate elusive amphibians
Life Great crested newts live mostly underground, so they’re tricky to find – a researcher trained her dog, Freya, to detect the threatened amphibians deep in the soil with more than 87 per cent accuracy By Corryn Wetzel Freya, an English springer spaniel, has been trained to detect great crested newtsNick Upton for Wessex Water