He’s also bred for hunting. But instead, the English Springer Spaniel is using his supercharged sense of smell to sniff out koala scat in a bid to help save the iconic Australian animal.

Rufino, who is from Brazil, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. she "forgot how to speak in English" as a result of seeing the marsupial in her home. "I thought, 'Oh my god, there is a koala in ...