especially trained dog her Greek Ornithological Society who discovered poisoned bait and animals in Greece and protected wild animals from poisoning, retired after eight years on patrol.

Poisoned baits. Known as fouls. A sick habit in parks, in the corners of apartment buildings, and also in the wild. The practice of using them threatens the survival of traditional sustainable animal husbandry as well as wildlife. Organophosphorus products such as pesticides, anti-parasitics and glass baits, as well as poisoned ones, are used by various adepts who create and spread the chain of death in the ecosystem (urban and wild).

In addition to humans, they are more effectively accepted by properly trained dogs such as Cookie, a German Shepherd/Malinois cross that has been active in the LIFE project to save the griffon vulture, the most endangered bird species in our country. . The specially trained dog was a member of the Greek Ornithological Society. And we write “was” because after eight years of wildlife conservation, it was time for him to retire.

Cookie was born and educated in Spain. In March 2014, he arrived in Greece. Together with their fellow traveler and cameraman Dimitris Vavilis, they covered more than 550 kilometers. According to the Hellenic Ornithological Society, in 315 patrols they investigated 60 cases of poisoning, finding 139 poisoned baits and 118 poisoned animals, saving many others from imminent death.

The first incident of the Poison Bait Detection Team took place in March 2014 between the villages of Kalohori and Koniskos in the Kalambaka region. Cookie found more than five kilograms of nests of the illegal insecticide Endosulfar, which killed eight shepherd dogs.

A year later, in the university forest of Pertulio, he immediately identified sausages and livers that contained poisoned baits. Next to them are wrapping paper from a butcher’s shop and the criminal’s gloves, which made it easier to identify him.