"at Frankfurt Airport... Amy, a German shepherd, and Uno, a Labrador retriever... the first two dogs in Germany trained to sniff out live animals, plants or derivatives or remains of them.
... a joint effort between police and the World Wildlife Fund to help stop the illegal but lucrative trade in rare species which the organization estimates is a $293 billion annual business. "Dogs simply have the better nose," Volker Homes, the head of species conservation with the WWF's German branch, said... They can detect things that emit only a faint odor... WWF's Homes said he hopes the dogs will help prevent incidents of, for example, tourists bringing home an orchid" URL : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26291907/ **************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
