Four-legged expert called in after toxic weed find at Gerringong

Ben Langford
Updated February 19 2021 - 3:42pm, first published 3:30pm
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE: Dog trainer Ryan Tate with the Illawarra district weeds authority's David Pomery and English springer spaniel Connor in Gerringong on Friday. Picture: ADAM McLEAN.
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE: Dog trainer Ryan Tate with the Illawarra district weeds authority's David Pomery and English springer spaniel Connor in Gerringong on Friday. Picture: ADAM McLEAN.

A weed sniffing dog has joined efforts to eliminate the potentially toxic Parthenium after more than 1,000 of the plants were found on a Gerringong property.

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Ben Langford

Ben Langford

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