April
23
South Korea reckons that ‘Chase’, a Canadian Labrador Retriever is the BEST SNIFFER DOG around. So instead of buddying him up with newbie dogs to transfer his wealth of knowledge and skills, they did the next best thing…they made 7 more ‘Chases’ by cloning the mutt.
Apparently the dogs are doing well in their training and their genetic qualities look promising. If everything works out, they report for duty in June 2008.
On a side note:
Hurray me! I’ve had that dog icon above for over 2 years and I finally have an opportunity to use it. I think this is going to be a good week after all!
Why do reporters refer to these dogs as “sniffer dogs”? As opposed to dogs that don’t sniff? I worked for years in the search and rescue dog community (air-scent, as opposed to ground-scent) and I can tell you that in that community, no one uses the term “sniffer dog.” It’s entirely a creation of the media.
Hmm, good point. ‘as opposed to dogs that don’t sniff’, touche!