Sgiath became what is believed to be the first dog in the world trained to detect #Didemnumvexillum, the invasive marine organism commonly known as ‘ #seavomit’.
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Dog honoured for breakthrough discovery in sniffing out invasive ‘sea vomit’
A detection dog trained to identify a highly invasive marine species is being recognised with an international award for her work to protect UK coastlines.
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October 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Sgiath became what is believed to be the first dog in the world trained to detect #Didemnumvexillum, the invasive marine organism commonly known as ‘ #seavomit’.
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Dog that hunts invasive 'sea vomit' honoured as animal of the year.
Working at low tide, black Labrador Sgiath (pronounced Skee-ah) has found hundreds of colonies of the carpet sea squirt, which if left uncontrolled can smother and kill native species.
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Working at low tide, black Labrador Sgiath (pronounced Skee-ah) has found hundreds of colonies of the carpet sea squirt, which if left uncontrolled can smother and kill native species.
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Dog that hunts invasive sea creature named animal of the year
Sgiath is thought to be the UK's first sea squirt-hunting dog and has been trained to sniff out the marine pest.
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October 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM