Search dog Taylor a bushfire-hit koala's best friend

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Search dog Taylor a bushfire-hit koala's best friend
Reuters Editorial

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Taylor, a 4-year-old English springer spaniel, has been among the hard working rescuers during Australia’s bushfire crisis.

When told: “Koala, Find!”, Taylor ventures out into burnt-out bushland, finding injured marsupials by sniffing out the scent of their fur or their faeces, also known as scat. Each time she finds a koala, she is rewarded with a tennis ball or culinary treat.

The fires have killed 29 people and razed bushland across an area the size of Bulgaria.

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