Officials enlist surprising helper to ensure survival of protected species: 'It's all like a big game for her'

Officials enlist surprising helper to ensure survival of protected species: 'It's all like a big game for her'

On the remote Isles of Scilly off England's Cornish coast, an extraordinary canine is helping to ensure the survival of endangered seabirds.  Kuki, an Australian Cattle Dog, left conservationists astonished with her ability to detect rodents and help protect the islands' endangered wildlife, the BBC recently reported. Seabirds such as puffins, storm petrels, and Manx shearwaters all rely on the Isles of Scilly to breed. Rodents, such as rats and…