SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Detection dogs can sniff out only six main kinds of illegal drugs smuggled into South Korea, making it hard for customs authorities to detect the smuggling of other newly emerging drugs into the country, a lawmaker said Monday. Citing a report from the Korea Customs Service, Rep. Yang Ki-dae [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 80 percent of active sniffer dogs deployed by South Korea’s quarantine agency are cloned, data showed Monday, as activists express their concerns over potential animal abuse. According to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 42 of its 51 sniffer dogs were cloned from parent animals as of April, [...]
SEOUL, Aug.11 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 17 training camp cuts and newly retired sniffer dogs (drug detection dogs) were recently put up for adoption, with 12 finding new homes. Starting on June 28, the Korea Customs Service received applications over a period of six days. When processing the requests, the agency took into [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Two dogs cloned from the cells of a veteran police sniffer dog will be assisting the police in South Korea after undergoing a training program for explosives detection. The two Labrador Retriever puppies born in a lab were modeled after the famous sniffer dog Neo, who is now retired and [...]