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Meet the women of CCF’s scat detection dog team – Eveline Ikondja and Ndatitangi Iyaloo Amadhila! Passionate conservation, wildlife, and dogs, Eveline is currently pursuing her certification to become a canine conservation detection dog handler. She is also an Honors graduate from the University of Namibia with a degree in environmental biology, and currently works as a Canine Officer at CCF. As a Canine Officer, Eveline’s days are spent gathering invaluable data with CCF’s scat detection dogs – that provides information on animal behavior, population dynamics, and habitat requirements. Focused on wildlife conservation and environmental health, Ndatitangi Iyaloo Amadhila is currently both a Scat Detection Intern and a Kraal Intern at CCF. She currently holds a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Management from Namibia University of Science of Technology (NUST) along with a Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Studies from the International University of Management (IUM). Women have been an integral part of CCF’s scat detection dog team since the very beginning. In fact, the scat detection dog team was founded by women! In 2008, CCF’s very first scat detection dog – a border collie named Finn – was selected and trained by Christine (Chris) Bartos, at the time the curator of Ungulates and Small Mammals at the Philadelphia Zoo. Today, the tradition continues with Eveline and Iyaloo!