Subscribe to our channel to be the first to see our viral, breaking news videos. Twitter.com/swns Instagram.com/swns<br /><br /><br />A utility company has become the first in the UK to use a sniffer dog to track down and save -- a protected species of NEWT.<br />Three-year-old springer spaniel Freya has been trained to detect Great Crested Newts by smell, ahead of Wessex Water laying new pipes in the ground.<br /><br />The region in which the company operates is a "stronghold" for the nocturnal amphibians, which are protected under UK and European legislation.
