The next time you’re at the airport, you might see an adorable dog keeping you safe!
This June, reporters got to meet Fable, an explosive-sniffing black Lab, at Charlotte Douglas International Airport for a demonstration. According to the Charlotte Observer, there are around 230 dogs working at 42 airports in the United States.
The dogs work in different parts of the airport, using their sensitive noses to sniff out chemicals that can be used as part of explosives. However, since April of this year, TSA has started using dogs in passenger screening lines to keep people safe even before they reach the scanners. You can see dogs like Fable at airports in Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Nashville, Salt Lake City, San Jose, and San Juan.
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