'Inspector Beagle' sniffs out bat meat from China
published : 10 Nov 2022 at 12:43
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A sniffer dog of the Livestock Development Department found smoked bats being smuggled into Thailand from China in a passenger's bag at Suvarnabhumi airport.
The department said an "Inspector Beagle" from its Quarantine and Inspection Canine Unit working at the airport detected the smoked bat and other meat in luggage on a flight from Kunming.
The dead bats were in a small bag weighing 2.5 kilogrammes. It was packed along with a bag of smoked ham of the same weight and another bag of smoked bacon weighing 4.5kg.
The goods were seized for laboratory examination and disposal. Bat meat could carry the fatal Nipah virus and the pork could carry the African swine fever virus, the department said.
The department said that Inspector Beagles are on duty to detect such products being smuggled in arriving luggage, especially on flights from countries such as Cambodia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam and China.
The smuggled smoked bat.
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Vocabulary
- canine: about dogs; related to dogs -
- detect: to notice, to discover or find out - พบได้, สังเกต
- disposal (noun): getting rid of something, by selling it or throwing it away - การกำจัด
- fatal: causing someone to die - ถึงตาย
- inspector: an officer of middle rank in the police force - สารวัตร
- luggage (noun): baggage; all the cases and bags that you take with you when you travel - กระเป๋าเดินทาง
- seize (verb): to take control of by force or official power - ยึกครอง
- smuggle: to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally - ลักลอบนำเข้า
- sniffer dog: a dog that has been trained to detect the smell of illegal weapons, explosive or substances like drugs -
