Editing Beagle (section)

==Detection==
[[File:CBP Airport.jpg|thumb|Beagles have excellent noses; this dog is employed by the US Customs and Border Protection Agency.]]

Beagles are used as detection dogs in the [[Beagle Brigade]] of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. These dogs are used to detect food items in luggage being taken into the United States. After trialling several breeds, Beagles were chosen because they are relatively small and unintimidating for people who are uncomfortable around dogs, easy to care for, intelligent and work well for rewards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/detdog2.html|title=USDA's Detector Dogs: Protecting American Agriculture: Why Beagles?|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service|access-date=2 February 2007|archive-date=2 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202083721/http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/detdog2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are also used for this purpose in a number of other countries including by the [[Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)|Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry]] in New Zealand, the [[Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service]], and in Canada, Japan, and the People's Republic of China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200512/06/eng20051206_226039.html|title=A beagle honoured as a defender at national gate|work=People's Daily Online|date=6 December 2006|access-date=9 July 2007}}<br />* {{cite web|url=http://www.daff.gov.au/about/media-centre/dept-releases/2000/old_dogs_-_new_tricks_original_quarantine_k9s_on_the_scent_of_retirement|title=Old dogs&nbsp;— new tricks Original quarantine K9's on the scent of retirement|publisher=Australian Government: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry|date=30 November 2000|access-date=9 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331055356/http://www.daff.gov.au/about/media-centre/dept-releases/2000/old_dogs_-_new_tricks_original_quarantine_k9s_on_the_scent_of_retirement|archive-date=31 March 2012}}<br />* {{cite web|url=http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/111969/nairn_report.pdf|title=Australian Quarantine a shared responsibility|first1=M.E.|last1=Nairn|first2=P.G.|last2=Allen|first3=A.R.|last3=Inglis|first4=C.|last4=Tanner|publisher=Department of Primary Industries and Energy|year=1996|access-date=9 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710215222/http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/111969/nairn_report.pdf|archive-date=10 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Larger breeds are generally used for detection of explosives as this often involves climbing over luggage and on large conveyor belts, work for which the smaller Beagle is not suited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/detdog6.html|title=USDA's Detector Dogs: Protecting American Agriculture: More Detector Dog Programs|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service|access-date=9 July 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070810231215/http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/detdog6.html| archive-date= 10 August 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref>