Bands recruit sniffer dogs to detect Covid on tour
The canines are taught to sit down if they detect the virus and were used for late 2021 US shows by Metallica and Eric Church
News By James Hanley | 11 January 2022
Artists such as Metallica, Tool and the Black Keys have recruited sniffer dogs to detect Covid backstage on their tours.
Overseen by Ohio-based Bio-Detection K9, whose president Jerry Johnson worked with dog teams in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2000s, the canines were used for late 2021 US shows by Eric Church and Metallica.
The dogs are taught to sit down if they detect the virus on people’s hands and feet.
“If you understand the instincts of a dog’s behaviour,…
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