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Tuesday 25 October 2011

Dogs finally get their day

Xiaolong shuttled between seven people carrying luggage, his nose closely sniffing each box then rapidly moving on. Suddenly he sat down in front of one bag and looked up at his accompanying trainer.

A referee opened the bag, and found fruit in there.
The search won warm applause for Xiaolong, a 5-year-old Labrador retriever who was one of the nine participants in the first national skills competition of quarantine detective dogs, which was held on Tuesday.
China has used quarantine detective dogs in entry-exit inspection and quarantine for 10 years, starting with four dogs at the Beijing Capital International Airport in 2001. Now 180 dogs are used in 20 provinces and municipalities for entry-exit quarantine inspection.   More Read

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