Pregnancy sniffer dog to assist zookeepers

Zoos around the US will soon find out whether a beagle named Elvis can let them know when their polar bears are pregnant.

Pregnancy sniffer dog to assist zookeepers

Zoos around the US will soon find out whether a beagle named Elvis can let them know when their polar bears are pregnant.

The two-year-old has been trained by a handler who has taught dogs to sniff out everything from explosives to bed bugs. A Cincinnati Zoo animal conservation scientist had the idea after reading about studies on using dogs to detect cancer.

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