Предлагаю новую тему о рабочих биглях.
Дело в том, что одна за другой, две мои приятельницы, живущий за океанами (одна в Америке, а другая в Австралии), узнав, что у меня появился бигль, начали рассказывать мне о чудо-собаках на таможне. В Австралии они даже одеты в специальную форму. Я заинтересовалась и нашла следующую информацию об австралийской службе таможенного вет. контроля и карантина, в которой работает "бригада биглей".
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Par … /aqis.html
Если интересно, могу перевести. Может у кого-нибудь есть другие ссылки о рабочих биглях?
Кстати, на официальном сайте австралийской таможни тоже красуется биглиная мордашка.
http://www.aqis.gov.au/ar/go.asp?vfn=index.htm
(следующий текст повторяет информацию из первого источника, если кто-то не сможет открыть)
Beagles at Work
the AQIS Beagle Brigade
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I have had the best fun in looking up the information for this page. With special thanks to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) for having such a great web site with lots of links to Bulletins and Newsletters. Also to the other great people (links have been provided) who have helped me build on my knowledge.
I first became interested in the AQIS Beagles when I heard about Mindy, here in Darwin. This was before we introduced Basil to our home, and quite frankly probably had some influence. We then met an AQIS Labrador Retriever when returning from a trip overseas to Indonesia. This dog was particularly interested in Jack's shoes, but not interested enough to sit and guard those shoes - what a delightful experience!
I heard a story on the radio about the recruitment of suitable Beagles for the program - "do you know of a Beagle that would spend all day trying to get a scrap of food from a small hole in concrete?". Now that we have Basil I realise that he would make a fantastic candidate - but we could not let him go, so he will stay ours!
AQIS DETECTOR DOGS
You may meet one of AQIS's Quarantine beagles at the baggage carousel. Don't be alarmed; they're friendly dogs that have been trained to search for items of quarantine concern. If the dogs are working near you, please place your bags on the floor so they're ready for inspection. from the publication "What Can't I Bring Into Australia
BEAGLES LEND A HELPING PAW
Sniff . . . No, not my shoes - the box, the box! Sniff . . . come on, Rover; you know there's something in there! Sniff . . . good dog, excellent! Now sit . . . good, good . . . and here's your reward.
For hundreds of years beagles have been loved and carefully bred by kings and queens. Classed as one of the oldest hounds of the chase, they're now providing Australia with vital assistance in protecting us from exotic pests and diseases.
You may have encountered their sniffing noses while you've been waiting for your luggage after a trip overseas; perhaps you've seen them in newspapers or magazine features, or demonstrating their amazing abilities on lifestyle and current affairs TV shows across Australia.
The beagles have become celebrities - as well as furry detectives - because they've been specially trained to help detect and protect Australia's unique environment from potentially harmful pests and diseases.
They're the AQIS Beagle Brigade, and they work at international airports and mail centres around Australia, sniffing out more than 30 items of quarantine concern including meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, plants, eggs, live birds (a world first for a detector dog program), reptiles and bees, and medicines of animal or plant origin. Each detector dog team - dog and handler - intercepts an average of 33 kilograms of fresh fruit and nine kilograms of meat, as well as plant material and eggs in any given month.
Chosen by AQIS because of their friendly disposition, the beagles come from all sorts of different backgrounds including animal shelters, private homes and beagle breed clubs throughout Australia. They have an extraordinary sense of smell at least 100 times more sensitive than our own and are alert, eager and delightful dogs.
It is this sense of smell that is the key to a detection. After a complex training course which includes training the beagle to associate three different elements - odour, sit and reward - the beagle is then ready to begin work! When a beagle detects a target odour it simply sits next to the source and awaits its reward (food) from the handler - a passive response. Active response dogs operate in international mail centres. 'Active' dogs paw or nuzzle an item of producing a target odour, and are rewarded with a game of tug-of-war. They are expected to undergo a complex training program which includes training the dog to retrieve a length of rolled fabric along with the target scent.
So if you happen to see a beagle with a maroon coat on, sniff then sit alert next to a bag than you know that the entry of something potentially harmful to our environment was prevented. from the AQIS Newsletter - Quarantine Matters
AQIS BEAGLES SAVE THE DAY
Mindy the Wonder Nose has stopped the entry in Australia of a disease able to bring the citrus industry to a grinding halt. Citrus Canker was discovered a few years ago on a Darwin farm and led to trees being ripped out and the area thrown into quarantine. At the time it was thought to have arrived from overseas. Now, Mindy, a beagle sniffer dog working the baggage conveyor belt at the Darwin airport, caught a passenger with 2-point-five kilos of limes, infected with citrus canker. Country Wide Program Summary from 15 August 1997
OTHER AQIS DETECTOR DOGS
AQIS has other detector dogs now in its program - click here to read more.
THE QUARANTINE DETECTOR DOGS
Detector dogs and handlers usually work around baggage carousels, covering hand luggage, suitcases and large bags. The dogs work for a total of about four hours a day targeting specific flights. Their method of operation is that, when urged on by their handler (usually with the command "seek") they quickly and unobtrusively sniff passengers' baggage. When they detect an odour they simply sit, and if correct are given a food reward. The quarantine Beagles have a 90 percent success rate in sniffing out suspect material. The range of material they can detect goes well beyond fruit and meat items and includes material in airtight, heavily wrapped and unopened containers. Quarantine Beagles have been well received by air travellers who see them as friendly and non threatening. As well with quarantine effectiveness largely reliant on an informed and Co-operative public, the Beagles are of Immense public relations value.
Development Of the Detector Dog Program.
The Australian Quarantine and inspection Service (AQIS) observed the US and Canadian Beagle programs for several years. In 1991, the US Department of Agriculture agreed lo lend AQ1S its Canine Co-ordinators to help develop the pilot Australian program. In September 1991, the search for suitable Beagles began with 28 dogs initially evaluated. After careful selection for temperament, and veterinary clearance, five dogs began scent recognition training in Brisbane on 4 November 1991. The scents initially trained for included various meats both raw and processed), fruits foliage and eggs. As well, the dogs were trained to detect live birds - believed to be a world first for a detector dog program. The specialised bird detection training was undertaken with the Co-operation of the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.
After a pilot program at Brisbane and Sydney international airports, with installation of the Handler/dog teams in March 1992, the Detector Dog program proved so successful at detecting items of quarantine concern in passengers' luggage that AQIS has installed teams in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, with additional teams in Sydney and Brisbane. AQIS is now looking to expand the Detector Dog role into international mail exchanges and personal effects. This was sourced from an unofficial site that has some great information on various working dogs in Australia - not just Quarantine Beagles. So click here to find out about Police/RAAF/Navy/Army, etc dogs.
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