Mooz the dog helps scientists study threatened turtles

LANSING – The Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians’ Natural Resources Department has been working to conserve the threatened wood turtle. Their top team member is Mooz, a 9-year-old labradoodle who has been helping his owner, Bill Parsons, find wood turtles for the past five years.

Parsons is an inland fish and wildlife program manager at the Natural Resources Department and has been researching turtles for over 30 years.