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"The problem with drug-sniffing dogs is not that dogs aren't capable of sniffing out drugs; it's that we've bred into domestic dogs a trait that trumps that ability - a desire to read us and to please us. If a drug dog isn't specifically trained to compensate for this, it will merely read its handler's body language and confirm its handler's suspicions about who is and isn't hiding drugs."

"In 2010, a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis set out to test the reliability of drug- and bomb-sniffing dogs."

If 85% of the tests are failures, I wonder how many peoples rights have been violated.

EMORY, Texas -- Multiple sources are reporting that Deputy Jerred Dooley has been fired by the Rains County Sheriff's Office. No official statement has been released by the sheriff. Cole Middleton, Candy's owner, said that he has not been notified of the firing, but the move was the beginning of getting justice for Candy.

I understand that if a dog is attacking, it may need to be shot so it won't attack. Candy wasn't attacking, so he just shot a living creature for no reason. Then he says he won't kill the dog to put her our of her misery. I agree that he should lose his job for this.

Glad he lost his job! Poor Candy!

"Two appeals from criminal defendants could have far-reaching effects on when a person's private holdings can be subjected to intrusion without clear probable cause or a valid search warrant."

A video showing a Hawthorne police officer fatally shooting a dog is drawing outrage on the Internet, and its owner claims he was targeted because of pending claims against the department. The shooting Sunday occurred after a standoff between police and armed robbery suspects near the intersection of 137th Street and Jefferson Avenue.

I watched this video its so sad how they don't just call animal control to sedate the dog but instead they just shoot it

Meet Lumi (right) and Cooper (left), Gabon's newest weapons in the fight against rampant poaching. (CNN) -- From bombs to drugs, humans have long relied on dogs' astonishing sense of smell to sniff out danger. Now, our four-legged friends are also helping to combat poaching.

Redirecting you to http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/10/crufts-dog-show-murder-mystery-deepens-were-two-sheepdogs-poisoned.html

CNN video

lesson learned. only hold up dem gas station if you got dem guns.

A man and his dog discovered body parts packed in bags on street, while out on walk.

By Aimee Levitt Wed., Dec. 28 2011 at 8:00 AM 3. Another Baby Lost and Found On the morning of November 15, 13-month-old Tyler Dasher of Affton was reported missing. Later that afternoon, a pair of dog-walkers found him, or rather, his body in an overgrown section of a cemetery just a mile from his home.

A D.C. Council campaign volunteer pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges Monday, a day after police say he stabbed a neighbor to death, allegedly over dog droppings. Police allege Ellsworth Colbert, a volunteer on Kevin Chavous' Ward 7 D.C.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Police launched an extensive search Sunday for a missing Wisconsin college student using tracking dogs and about 150 volunteers. Eric Duffey, who's originally from Fitchburg and attends the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, was last seen about 1:15 a.m. Saturday leaving Joe's Bar in downtown Stevens Point.