They can protect our airports.
They can protect our schools.
They can protect us, so we should protect them.
From the New York Times article on Izzy, JFK Airport’s agricultural products sniffing dog
We have a problem:
Gun violence is escalating.
Mass shootings are on the rise around the world.
COVID-19 has closed borders and venues across the globe.
There were 417 mass shootings in America during 2019.*
*According to research conducted by Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund & the Gun Violence Archive
That figure grew to 610 mass shootings in 2020.*
*According to research conducted by Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund & the Gun Violence Archive
As of April 28th, 2021, we’re at 166 mass shootings.*
*According to research conducted by Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund & the Gun Violence Archive
And, as we all know, the world bore the brunt of COVID-19 at the beginning of 2020.
Within days the world’s markets, communities, and homes shuddered as we braced for the worst, unaware of how to properly navigate a post-pandemic world.
Fortunately, there’s something we can do about it with just a little help from our furry friends.
Enter: DADs™
D.A.Ds. - Danger Alert Dogs™
To Protect & Love™
Originally born out of the hope to reduce mass shootings at schools,
DADs™ mission, now, is also to liberate a quarantined world by changing our fundamental relationship with animals!
Rescued dogs can be trained to sniff for firearms, COVID-19, and other pathogens in public areas like airports, stadiums, music venues, museums, universities, and schools.
DADs can safely provide on-the-spot, accurate detection & analysis of a myriad of dangers to our public spaces.
This is Helsinki Airport
A total of 16 COVID-19 dogs will be operating at Helsinki Airport, working to identify passengers who are infected with the virus.
How does this work?
Credit: Finavia
Detecting COVID-19 is easy for dogs and results have been encouraging. According to preliminary tests conducted by a research group at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Helsinki, dogs are able to smell the virus with almost 100 per cent certainty. They can also identify the virus days before the symptoms have even started. This is something that laboratory tests fail to do.
Dogs are also able to identify COVID-19 from a much smaller sample than the PCR tests used by health care professionals. The difference is massive, as a dog only needs 10-100 molecules to identify the virus, whereas test equipment requires 18,000,000."
"How long it takes to learn to identify COVID-19 depends on the dog’s background. One of the dogs that will soon work at Helsinki Airport is an eight-year-old greyhound mix called Kössi, who learned to identify the scent in just seven minutes.
We can partner with organizations to:
Find rescues around the nation
Train rescues to sniff for COVID-19
Train army vets et al to be Loving Handlers
Fund-raise & launch in communities
Dogs can be just as good as the Star Trek Tricorder but a lot friendlier!
