Collection on Severn Run's Cazador, Screwworm Detection Dog

Collection

Identifier: MS0310

Staff Only

Content Description

The Collection on Severn Run's Cazador, Screwworm Detection Dog includes photographs, correspondence, Cazador's working gear, a short biography by John B. Welch, and a wooden box containing Cazador's remains.

Dates

Creation: 1994-2000
Creation: Majority of material found in 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Severn Run's Cazador (also called Cazador or Caz) was an American Kennel Club (AKC) registered German wire-haired pointer who was trained to detect screwworm infestation in livestock. Cazador served as a detector dog with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service's Screwworm Research Unit from 1988 until his death in 2000. USDA scientist John B. Welch trained Cazador after acquiring him through the U.S. Customs Service's Detector Dog training facility in Front Royal, Virginia.