Meet Dozer, Agriculture-Detector Dog
The latest weapon against pests threatening California’s $2 billion agriculture business is Dozer, a canine trained to sniff out fruit insects. (KCRA News) (3:32)
Pest Hotline: 1-800-491-1899
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Detection Dog Kiwi | San Bernardino county
Exotic pests pose a threat to agriculture in both San Bernardino County and across California. On average, a new pest is introduced into California every 60 days. Each year, these insects and diseases cost our state’s agricultural industry approximately $3 billion in crop losses, export losses due to new quarantine restrictions, and pest control/eradication costs.
Kiwi is part of San Bernardino County's two detector dog teams inspecting packages at parcel delivery facilities like FedEx and UPS. When potentially illegal agricultural products are sent to California in un-marked packages, the only way we can find out whether they contain agricultural products is to employ a powerful nose.
Detection Dog Kiwi is an animal shelter rescue and is trained to inspect parcels and to detect the presence of agricultural products. The dog will scratch at parcels to alert our dog handler officer that the package contains agricultural products. The package is then opened and inspected to determine if the agricultural products inside are allowed entry into California.
Source: Pest Exclusion Canine Parcel Inspection Team Handout - San Bernardino County
Photo: Handler Mike and Detection Dog Kiwi
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1-800-491-1899
