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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, 6:00 - 7:00 PM
The Maine 6: Six Pet Dogs Learned to Hunt Invasive Species
Join local dog trainer Melissa McCue-McGrath to learn about her work training dogs to find the invasive spotted lantern fly!
About the Presenter
Melissa McCue-McGrath grew up in an accidental sled dog family in Midcoast Maine. She spent most of her 20 years training dogs and working challenging behavior cases in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2015 she wrote Considerations for the City Dog, a book targeting the urban dogs and families who are left out of conventional training books, and has spoken internationally on the subject. She's given up the conveniences of ride shares to come back home to small-town Maine. Melissa's family resides in Kennebunk with two ancient cats, fourteen bougie chickens, and Captain Love, one of the dogs involved in the nationwide study on training pet dogs to detect invasive species.
11 months after the study started, 15 dogs at the Animal Welfare Society are able to identify spotted lantern fly egg masses in a class setting.
