Conservation detection dogs investigate poaching, monitor wildlife in Missouri ^3.3%

STLPR - By Will Firra - 6/25/2026, 10:00 AM

Halo Effect 15.2% - Anecdotal 9.8% - Appeal to Authority 7.7%

On a windy January day in Moniteau County, Corporal Matt Wheaton stood on a dirt road at the edge of an empty field. Wheaton and his partner were on the hunt. “Big, open fields like this are places that people regularly drive around looking for deer to shoot off the road,” Wheaton said. Wheaton is a conservation agent. The Missouri... more