Cash-sniffing dog on the money
BY DAVID STOCKMAN
POLICE REPORTER
24/02/2009 1:00:00 AM
While some are lured by the colour of money, Atlas is more interested in the smell.
The currency detection dog is the first in Australia, working with the Australian Federal Police at airports, in the issuing of search warrants and with Australia Post.
The Labrador is trained to sniff out local and international currency to the value of $10,000 or more.
I can understand how the dog can be trained to identify the smell of ink but to determine if the cash is greater than AUS$10,000 is absolutely amazing.
I mean regular people have trouble keeping up with exchange rates but for a dog to be able to count that high just mind blowing, especially if it is a Labrador which are usually as dumb as the lamp post it urinates on.
Now if it was a cash sniffing cat, well then I could understand it...
