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New law helps beagles stop foreign animal disease from entering country • Iowa Capital Dispatch

National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Training Specialist Kathleen Warfield and Detector Dog Trainee Buddy demonstrate their ability to detect fruit in a mock airport baggage claim area, in Newnan, Georgia on April 5, 2019. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)A new law will help protect U.S. livestock from foreign animal diseases, by reinforcing a program that trains beagles and other dogs to sniff out prohibited agricultural items before they e…