This drug-sniffing dog made the news for attacking a duckling!

In drug control work, there is an animal that has made an indispensable contribution, that is - drug detection dogs! However, although drug detection dogs are smart and powerful, they can also make mistakes in their work and even cause scandals...

I saw a post before where people told some stories about drug detection dogs.

I'm retired and back home, I can't work anymore!

"One of my friends is an active police dog trainer. These working dogs are purchased from specialized breeding centers in Germany or Austria, and then sent to dog schools for training. Those dogs that have not shown talent since childhood will be adopted as family pets before they reach adulthood, and most dog trainers will also adopt retired working dogs as pets themselves. Our friend has a large farm, so she has raised a lot of them; but some dog trainers do not have the conditions, and many prison staff will raise them."

"My friend came to tell us a story a while ago. One of her working dogs retired, and she adopted it home. The dog was very unhappy when he found out that she took the new dog out to work. So she hid a lot of fake drugs at home and took it to solve crimes to avoid depression."

Image: dallasobserver.com

It's inevitable to make mistakes occasionally!

They also mentioned that working dogs can make mistakes.

"Years ago, we were Army Reservists getting ready to leave for Europe, and a military police officer with a drug-sniffing dog came in to check baggage and various packages being shipped. This adult German Shepherd dog once started scratching and barking at a van. We first checked the box he found, and found only a dried-up pizza. He then went around the back of the van and went crazy, scratching and wagging his tail to indicate everything. We emptied the entire van, and still couldn't find any obvious marijuana."

Because of the dog's alertness, all the heads of the command departments gathered at the scene, and no one could leave. Finally, the military police called the criminal investigation department, and when he came back, he said, "Pack everything back up and leave." It turned out that when the dog was trained, they used electrical tape to wrap bundles of marijuana for it to identify, so the dog would also be alert to electrical tape...

Another person said that the material used for dog training is to put drugs in tennis balls for the dog to find. So, someone I know was stopped by a dog for a long time at the airport because he brought a bucket of tennis balls. The third person said that you are all lucky. My suitcase was peed on by a dog at the airport. The dog trainer said it was because it was excited!

Image: telegraph.co.uk

Therefore, police dogs are not absolutely reliable in their actual work, and it is not easy to train good police dogs.

Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea said that only 30% of naturally bred dogs can reach the graduation requirements of police dogs. In order to reduce waste in the training of police dogs, they cloned a Canadian Labrador named Chase and obtained 6 dogs, all named Toppy (tomorrow+puppy... almost that they are all called Xiao Ming. I feel like it finally explains why Xiao Ming has to fill the swimming pool while running back and forth...). They hope that cloning technology can increase the graduation rate of police dogs to 90%.

Pictured are three of them｜bbc.co.uk

Oh, and there's scandal!

There are also many drug detection dogs working in prisons, because the drug problem is rampant behind prison walls. One report mentioned that it is very difficult to control this aspect, and a large part of the reason may be due to corruption among prison guards. Many prisons have introduced drug detection dogs to solve this problem, mainly to investigate whether people are carrying drugs when they enter and leave the prison.

But in 2008, a Lancashire prison drug-sniffing dog (its name has been withheld) was the subject of a scandal after it was accused of attacking a group of ducklings in the prison - with bird carcasses found inside suspected to be its fault.

BBC also reported this incident｜bbc.co.uk

I just want to say something about this news: Why are there little ducks in your prison? A bunch of them, what did the little ducks do wrong?

However, considering that there are duck paths in the UK, it is probably not surprising to see ducklings everywhere.

In 2015, a Welsh charity painted a duck path along the river to remind people to experience how to share space with waterfowl｜bbc.co.uk

Back to the topic of working dogs. The dog that attacked the duckling should be suspended because police dogs have very important duties, so they need to undergo regular behavioral assessments to avoid deviations as much as possible.

A major case caused by a drug-sniffing dog!

In 2006, a police dog pointed out suspicious items at the suspect's door. The police applied for a search warrant and eventually found 179 marijuana plants - if traded among drug dealers, the value would be about $700,000. However, during the trial, controversy arose over the process of obtaining evidence: Can the reaction of a drug-sniffing dog be the basis for applying for a search warrant?

The dog in the spotlight is called Franky, a chocolate Labrador. He represented the drug detection dogs, but the pre-trial judge ruled that the search was illegal. The prosecutor appealed and overturned the ruling. The case went to the High Court step by step, and the High Court finally decided whether the use of working animals outside the public's house could be a basis for a search.

As a result, although 18 states said "Okay, okay, we're willing to let the dogs make the decision!", the Supreme Court ultimately ruled 5:4 that dogs should still be used with caution and dogs cannot sniff illegal items inside the house without a search warrant.

Franky, the protagonist of K-9 work｜wired.com/2012/10/scotus-drug-dogs

However, the Supreme Court has previously ruled that relying on police working dogs to discover illegal items hidden in a car (not including any other private information, only the illegal items) does not violate the Fourth Amendment.

In 2015, the Supreme Court encountered another case related to police working dogs. This case has little to do with dogs, so I won’t go into details here. This Supreme Court debate hearing was not allowed to be recorded or videotaped. Last Week Tonight host John Oliver complained that this debate hearing would not be interesting unless the judges were photoshopped into dogs, like the one below... Ah, I don’t think that’s what working dogs mean.

Image: eonline.com/news

No! The justices are all very old! At this age, dogs should just retire and stay at home to search for fake cases for fun. This long and painful conversation is a fake drug for humans. Let us play by ourselves!

Compiled by: Dala

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