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The Frank Norris Place condominiums for active adults 55 and over in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2007. PAUL CHINN/The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOGRAPHER AND S.F. CHRONICLE/NO SALES - MAGS OUT less The Frank Norris Place condominiums for active adults 55 and over in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, April 20, 2007. PAUL CHINN/The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOGRAPHER AND S.F. CHRONICLE/NO SALES - ...
From sniffing out cancer and drugs, dogs support us in so many ways with their incredible noses. So it's no surprise that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives found a valuable ally in their arson dogs. One of their newer canine ATF agents, Oscar, began his training with a federal prison inmate in Ohio through Puppies Behind Bars . Soon after graduation, ATF evaluated Oscar and decided the Black Labrador would be a good candidate for their program.
The accuracy of drug- and explosives-sniffing dogs is affected by human handlers’ beliefs, possibly in response to subtle, unintentional cues, UC Davis researchers have found. The study, published in the January issue of the journal Animal Cognition, found that detection-dog teams erroneously “alerted,” or identified a scent, when there was no scent present more than 200 times — particularly when the handler believed that there was scent present.
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