A Nose for Loot? Dogs Training to Sniff Out Stolen Artifacts
By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | January 9, 2018 06:34am ET
A team of scientists will train dogs to see if the animals can sniff out looted artifacts from the Middle East that are being smuggled into the United States.
Dogs have a greater sense of smell than humans and are already being used to sniff out bombs, drugs and ivory. Now, scientists are hoping the canines can also be trained to sniff out artifacts from Syria and Iraq, war-torn countries that have experienced widespread lootingof archaeological sites.
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