LONDON (AP) – St. Bernard is known for helping rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but things changed on Sunday in northern England. Sixteen volunteers from the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team took turns taking Daisy, a 121-pound (55-kilogram) St Bernard, from England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike. The mountain rescue team …
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TOPLINE Dogs used in a German research study were trained within a week to successfully detect, with 94 percent accuracy, saliva samples taken from Covid-19 patients, offering the possibility that they can be used in future large meetings to detect carriers of the disease. A specially trained explosive detection dog …
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After a few days of training, dogs in Germany proved capable of Identifying people infected with COVID-19, according to the researchers. The dogs, part of a study by a veterinary university in Germany, were able to detect the coronavirus with astonishing precision. According to the pilot study published Thursday in …
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As the dogs navigate, they appear to be using Earth’s magnetic fields. 170 dogs head north and south while tracing shortcuts back to their people. Dogs join the growing number of magnetically sensitive animals. It has been known for some time that some animals (migratory birds, mole rats, and locusts …
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Preston – State police say Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials shot and killed a wildcat last week after it attacked the Preston family pet dog and then ran and hid in their home. The wildcat then tested positive for rabies, state police soldier Armando Bettini said by phone …
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