sniffer dogs
Scent-tracking canines
Sniffer dogs are dogs trained to detect specific scents—drugs, explosives, human remains, or contraband.
Their keen sense of smell makes them valuable to law enforcement, customs, and search-and-rescue operations: Sniffer dogs were brought in to search the luggage.
Also called detection dogs or, in specific contexts, bomb dogs or drug dogs.
- police dogsLaw enforcement canines
- detectionAct of finding something
- searchAct of seeking
- canineOf or like dogs
- bloodhoundScent-tracking dog breed
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- working dogsguide dog, K9, herding dog, detection dog, sled dog
- smuggling enforcementcustoms agents, customs officers, border patrol, contraband, seizure
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
- wildlife protectionpark rangers, game wardens, rangers, forest rangers, wardens
sniffer dogscompanion dogs
Pets kept for companionship
lap dogs · guard dogs · attack dogs · companion animals · show dogs
sniffer dogsmetal detectors
Devices locating concealed objects
body scanners · spectrometers · security cameras · scanning technology · baggage screening
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