A New And Better Kind Of Dog Is Needed To Protect America – Who’s Helping ?

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178 – May, 2025

By Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia

When it comes to the bad guys who threaten public safety, it can be a real puzzle trying to know who they are or how to protect your community and those you love. Why? Because there’s no easy way to identify the bad people and what they look like. For example, when you’re walking down a street, watching a parade, or looking at people standing in a line-up at the local Police Department, most look like ordinary citizens. Some will have long hair, a beard, or a dirty t-shirt; others in a dress or sport coat, and maybe a tie. But nothing about their appearance confirms that one of them is the bad guy.

Recent events at our schools, New York City, and New Orleans confirm that the bad guys can walk among us and go unnoticed. In most of these situations what helps is having a game changer, one that can tip the scales and change the odds. Now we have one, it’s the canine with 300 million scent receptors, as opposed to the measly 1 million in the human olfactory system. Detection canines are changing the odds and there is little doubt about their ability to detect the Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a droplet of scent in a swimming pool, or their ability to find a trace of drugs on the street after a rain–or their skill in finding people buried under rubble.

Given their remarkable abilities, it is clear we need more detection dogs, especially when it comes to our safety, and saving lives after a disaster.

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178 – May, 2025

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