A Chinese city has trained a group of squirrels so that they are capable of detecting drugs in spaces that are difficult to access, such as storage warehouses or very high places, the local press reports today. The six anti-drug squirrels, of the Eurasian red variety, will join their new role in the city of Chongqing (southwest), after its new “police” capacity has been endorsed by several scientific institutions, indicates the official Global Times newspaper.
“Squirrels have a very good sense of smell.“, affirmed Yin Jin, one of the trainers of the canine brigade of the Hechuan Public Security Office, in the aforementioned city. The expert assured that the training method they have developed is also useful for other animal species and added that the results obtained so far are positive and that the squirrel unit is capable of quickly identifying the presence of narcotics.
According to Yin, unlike dogs, the small size and agility of squirrels allows them to enter both hard-to-reach areas and high-altitude places. Animals have been trained to scratch on the surface as a way of indicating to their handlers that they have smelled the presence of drugs.
The Chinese Ministry of Public Security stated a few months ago that the Asian country It is the nation with the “toughest drug control system in the world” and with the largest amount of prohibited substances. Large-scale drug trafficking is a crime punishable by death in China.
Source: Lasexta
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