A brown dog resting with its head and one paw hanging outside a metal dog crate.

Not Just A Trained Dog

A successful unit needs the right dog, the right handler, trained rangers, strong management, proper facilities, and a long-term commitment to the welfare of both dogs and people.

Kuru trains the whole unit, retains ownership of its dogs for life, and stays involved for as long as the program is working.

A bloodhound dog with long ears sniffing the ground in a field with yellow grass, with a person walking in the background.

Tracking Dogs

Dogs follow human scent across difficult terrain after incursions, snaring, or suspected poaching activity. They locate snares, poachers’ bush camps, and can even trace a days-old trail back to the poacher’s doorstep.

A Springer Spaniel wearing a service vest on a baggage conveyor belt at an airport, with handlers and staff in the background.

Detection Dogs

Dogs search baggage, cargo, vehicles, and buildings for illegal wildlife contraband and other target scents. Dogs find rhino horns, ivory, pangolin scales, lion claws, and more.

Dogs Alone Are Not Enough

The complete System Around the dog

Selection

Training

Vet & Welfare

Mentoring

Dog & Handler Unit
Deployment

Supervisors

Facilities

Long-Term Support

Long Term Support

Our dogs are not tools. they are teammates.

How We Work