South Korea deploys sniffer dog to screen for bedbugs after Paris Games

South Korea has deployed a bedbug sniffer dog at its main Incheon International Airport in a bid to reduce the risk of the tiny insects entering the country as athletes, officials and fans return from the Paris Olympics.


Leading the campaign is a two-year-old Beagle named Ceco, who on Monday (August 12) demonstrated to the media its ability to sniff out bedbugs in suitcases. Ceco is the first and so far only canine trained in the country to detect the odor of pheromones, a chemical released by bedbugs, according to pest control company Cesco.


Ceco and his team were deployed starting last Friday (August 9) as more athletes and officials started arriving from Paris and will continue to work through to Sept. 8, the government said.




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