Experts deploy trained canine for crucial mission in nature preserve: 'Trying to be as respectful as possible when we're doing this ... interaction'

Experts deploy trained canine for crucial mission in nature preserve: 'Trying to be as respectful as possible when we're doing this ... interaction'

A chocolate lab in Wisconsin has a nose for conservation — quite literally sniffing out at-risk species across the state.  Tilia, a trained conservation dog through the Conservation Dogs Collective, recently showed off her sniffing skills for an event at ​​Mequon Nature Preserve to support the protection of the area's endangered turtle species, reported Wisconsin Public Radio.  With a wood turtle named Louise as Tilia's target, the two played an…