Aust charity backs Dunedin cancer research

At K9 Medical Detection New Zealand headquarters at Invermay are (from left) Get Yourself Checked charity co-founder Mark Tobin, K9MD ambassador Melanie Kerr, Get Yourself Checked charity co-founder Brett Hanley, K9MD dog trainer Freya Moore and K9MD founder Pauline Blomfield with detection dog Freida. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Word of a Dunedin trust’s ground-breaking work, using specially trained dogs to sniff out cancer, is spreading around the globe and an Australian charity has just raised $NZ200,000 for the trust to continue its research.