Ms Barrett, who holds a certificate as a Conservation Detection Dog Handler, says Bracken’s skills have been developed through hands-on experience living in an area which has a healthy hedgehog population.<\/p>\n
She says Bracken “genuinely loves what he does” but equally enjoys being their family pet.<\/p>\n
“His role isn’t only rewarding but also vital, by helping to detect and protect vulnerable species before any work begins,” Mrs Barrett said.<\/p>\n
“Outside of his role, he’s a much loved pet who enjoys his walks, playtime and being part of the family.”<\/p>\n
Zoe Frogbrook, from Northumbrian Water, said: “Bracken is detecting the presence of hidden animals such as hedgehogs or nesting birds which we might not always be able to spot and, by doing so, he’s supporting our efforts to make sure we don’t impact the biodiversity on our sites.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ms Barrett, who holds a certificate as a Conservation Detection Dog Handler, says Bracken’s skills have been developed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-586500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115592638174082315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}