The United States Embassy in Mexico announced on Tuesday, August 6, the arrival of two dogs donated by the Bureau of Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to the state of Campeche.
Is about Lupi and Rex two trained ‘lomitos’ that will be tasked with some citizen security work in Campeche.
“Now they will support the efforts of the canine unit of the Secretariat for Citizen Protection and Security of the Government from the state of Campeche,” the Embassy wrote.
According to the description provided by the Embassy, both dogs, German shepherds, were trained to detect weapons, drugs, and illegal money.
Governor Layda Sansores thanked the two animals for their donation, saying that “they are now part of the family.”
According to Quadratín, in addition to the detection of drugs, weapons and illicit moneyThese dogs are trained to detect lithium batteries from cell phones, which will help combat extortion calls made from prisons.
With this action, the embassy stressed that it reinforces the shared commitment to regional security between Mexico and the United States.
What is the best dog breed to train?
He Shepherd Belgian Malinois It turned out to be the most intelligent breed of dog in the world, according to scientists from the University of Helsinki (Finland), who subjected 1,000 “puppies” of 13 different breeds to a series of tests on cognitive and behavioral traits.
Although the Border Collie Having been classified as a highly intelligent dog due to its herding instinct, the Belgian Shepherd obtained higher scores in tests conducted by researchers.
“In our study, the two breeds that were more likely to be completely independent During the unsolvable task (spending 0 percent of their time on human-directed behavior) were the German shepherd and the Malinois,” Sara Juntilla detailed in the study published by the magazine Nature.
The group of researchers aimed to create a data set analyzing dogs’ exploratory behavior, impulsivity, social cognition, spatial problem solving, logical reasoning, and short-term memory.
