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Fighting crime in South Africa is an uphill battle.

Understaffed, underfunded, and forensic capabilities that are well behind the rest of the world with a backlog to boot.

Enough with the bad news. It’s been a long week.

We love our hounds in this country and those who train certain breeds to track down crooks are fine-tuning the methods used to get the best results.

Carte Blanche is on the case:

Harnessing the genetic programming of dogs to hunt, their handlers are refining the art of searching for, and tracking down, humans.

Often, averting tragedy. Carte Blanche puts some of these working breeds to the test to trail the scent molecules people leave behind – skills that leave little room for criminals to outmanoeuvre these crafty canines.

Tracking dogs are also great for rescue operations.

Here’s the segment which aired last month:

[source:carteblanche]