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The Beagle Brigade: Protecting US Agriculture from Invasive Species
TLDR The Beagle Brigade is a group of working dogs trained to sniff out agricultural products at international airports in order to protect the US agriculture industry from invasive species and pests. These dogs have a high food drive and are trained to differentiate between scents such as beef, pork, citrus, mango, and apple.
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The episode is about the Beagle Brigade, a group of dogs trained to sniff out agricultural products at airports, but the transcript starts with ads for Squarespace and Dexcom.
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The Beagle Brigade is a group of working dogs, primarily beagles, that are federal agents with the USDA and are trained to sniff out agricultural products at international airports in order to protect the US agriculture industry from invasive species and pests.
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The Beagle Brigade is a group of working dogs, primarily beagles, that are federal agents with the USDA and are trained to sniff out agricultural products at international airports in order to protect the US agriculture industry from invasive species and pests.
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Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and can detect a wide range of scents, which is why they often go crazy when they are in a new environment with unfamiliar smells.
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The USDA's Beagle Brigade uses shelter animals that would otherwise be euthanized, and they have a 100% adoption record for these dogs.
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The Beagle Brigade dogs are trained to have a high food drive and are then trained to differentiate between scents such as beef, pork, citrus, mango, and apple.
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The Beagle Brigade dogs go through an extensive training process, including learning different scents and how to alert, before they graduate and are evaluated and trained for another 10 to 13 weeks at their home base airport.
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The Beagle Brigade dogs are housed at a facility near the airport and are given rest time in order to successfully perform their job.
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The Beagle Brigade consists of 116 CBP agricultural canine teams with dogs and handlers at every international airport in the country, and they have specific stories about individual dogs like Murray and Jasper.
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The Beagle Brigade inspects millions of passengers and pieces of freight each year, resulting in over 1.77 million seizures of illegal materials in the United States.
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The illegal market for bush meat, which includes wild animal meat like monkey or bat, poses a risk for the spread of diseases like Ebola, potentially leading to a pandemic.
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