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Incredible, oil-sniffing dogs are a new secret weapon for cleaning up after disasters: ‘You’ve got a laboratory … on four legs’

  • September 25, 2023
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https://news.yahoo.com/incredible-oil-sniffing-dogs-secret-220000654.html?guccounter=2 Hayleigh EvansSeptember 13, 2023 From herding to search and rescue, dogs have essential jobs besides being man’s best friend. Dogs can now add a new title to their impressive resumes: oil detector. Oil spills introduce millions of gallons of oil into the environment annually with devastating consequences. It can take years to clean up spills, […]

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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi trains dogs to detect crude oil on Gulf Coast shores

  • August 12, 2022
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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 […]

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