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Get A Whiff Of This

NEW YORK (LNS)
They've got dogs that smell out
marijuana and now they're
moving on to bigger and better
things — dogs to smell out
bombs.

Dogs are being trained by
police in New York, Los
Angeles, and Texas to smell
out hidden bombs using fake
devices saturated with the
scent of explosives.

At present, only eight dogs
have been involved in the
training. One of them has died
and one is described as a
"dunce."

One easy way to foil the
dogs might be to make
frequent calls claiming that
bombs had been planted in
munitions plants. At the end of
a week of heavy sniffing, the
average detecting doggie would
be as effective as a wine tester
just rescued from drowning in
a vat of chianti.