Olivia Garrett Corpus Christi Caller Times  When Poppy hits the beach, she turns her discerning nose to sniffing out oil. The English springer spaniel, one of several oil-detecting canines in the country, can lead her trainer and handler, Paul Bunker, to oil more quickly and efficiently than any team of humans could, even finding oil […]

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Man’s best friend has long earned its keep in service to humans when it comes to hunting, herding, providing protection or assisting in searches. Now, a few visionary researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi are interested in training canines to sniff out crude oil on Texas beaches. Poppy, an English Springer Spaniel, and Bin, a […]

By submitted mtrevino@cherryroad.com CORPUS CHRISTI – Man’s best friend has long earned its keep in service to humans when it comes to hunting, herding, providing protection, or assisting in searches. Now, a few visionary researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi are interested in training canines to sniff out crude oil on Texas beaches. Poppy, an […]