Specially trained Narcotics detection dogs
Why are dogs used in narcotics detection in BC and all around the world? The smelling sense of a dog is about 40 times more than humans. They possess up to 400 million olfactory receptors in their nose which is about 6 million in the case of a human. Besides the smelling mechanism in a dog is different from that of a human. They have two different passages, one for smell and one for respiration. But for humans, smelling and breathing happen through the same passage. These special characteristics of dogs are used in police work where they are trained to detect different odors of drugs, explosives, the human body, etc. Narcotic dog searching in BC is done with the help of specially trained K9 dogs and their handlers. They are trained to work in any environment under any kind of situation. Who needs the services of narcotics dog searching in BC? While the police might have their own narcotic dog searching unit, educational institutions, industries, government organizations, an