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Ten-year old Daisy received the Blue Cross Medal for bravery and heroism after sniffing more than 6,500 samples and detecting over 550 cases of cancer during her time as a bio detection dog.
For me and Charlie, it really is puppy love.' | | MEET DAISY: THE LABRADOR WHO HAS DETECTED 550 CASES OF CANCER T en-year old Daisy received the Blue Cross Medal for bravery and heroism after sniffing more than 6,500 samples and detecting over 550 cases of cancer during her time as a bio detection dog.
A police statement said: "The man was stopped by officers from the Tillydrone Community Policing Team who were on patrol in the area and following a search by a dog handler and drug detection dog, cocaine and cannabis were also recovered."
Springer spaniel Kai was an explosive detection dog alongside Alfie, Dave, Poppy and Robson from the Metropolitan Police who made a systematic search of the area.
Works will be executed by members of Association " Mine Detection Dog Center " BiH.
For example, a koala Phascolarctos cinereus scat detection dog achieved higher efficacy (proportion of available scats found) and efficiency (time to find scats) than human observers (Cristescu et al.
The raids were carried out under the codenamed Operation Oil in a joint operation involving West Yorkshire Trading Standards, West Yorkshire Police and tobacco detection dogs operated by specialist detection dog company Wagtail UK.
29 -- At the Annual "Clearing the Path" Gala 2016 organized by The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) of Washington D.C., Mine Detection Dog (MDD) Alvin and its handler Lance Corporal Nawarathne of the Sri Lanka Army Engineers Humanitarian Demining Unit, were selected as the MDD team of the year.
Part III discusses the use of dogs in law enforcement generally, focusing on breeds, purposes, and the training of detection dogs. Part IV explores detection dogs in conjunction with the Fourth Amendment and state constitutions, looking first at what the court means by the word "sniff." This part also explores whether or not the use of detection dogs constitutes a search as defined under the Fourth Amendment and state constitutions, whether an alert by a drug detection dog constitutes probable cause, and the conflicts between state courts and federal courts regarding these search issues.
Recent research by Rooney et al (2013) has shown that the presence of a trained detection dog improved glycaemic control, client independence and quality of life, confirming many of the findings from the anecdotal reports.

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