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The U.S. State Department sent 6 trained canine dogs to Lebanon to sniff out deadly land mines. Some people call those dogs heroes. They are doing this to save human and animal lives. Do you wonder how they are doing this?
These dogs are called the "K9 Demining Corps." The dogs were trained in the United States. There are an estimated 100 million land mines buried land mines in 65 countries around the world. The dogs can find the odor of the explosives and then they stop and freeze on the spot. Then humans carefully detonate or defuse the mine so that no one is hurt.
These landmines are dangerous because they could be anywhere but they can't be seen because they are buried underground. People at risk are children walking to school or adults walking to the market. Animals are especially at risk. For every human killed by a mine, 20 to 50 animals are killed.
Most of these mine sniffing dogs are German Shepherds but they are trying to get other types of dogs trained as well. Dogs who have a good sense of smell and have good concentration can be trained easiest.
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