On Tuesday, a three-day worldwide competitors that includes 10 sniffer canines from totally different nations, organized to develop nationwide and worldwide cooperation for combating smuggling, kicked off within the Turkish capital Ankara.
Dubbed the “International Championship of Drugs Searching Dogs,” the occasion organized underneath the auspices of the Trade Ministry is being held at Ankara’s Akyurt Dog Training Center. It will span three days, consisting of 4 levels.
Participating nations embrace Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Uzbekistan and the host nation, Türkiye.
In his speech on the opening, Bekir Can Uslu, the final supervisor of Customs Enforcement on the Ministry of Trade, emphasised the final directorate’s ongoing efforts in combating smuggling in collaboration with different regulation enforcement businesses all through the nation.
Uslu highlighted that the Dog Training Center trains native and international canine breeds in numerous fields corresponding to narcotics, explosives-weapons-ammunition, tea-tobacco, people, money and safety, specializing in advancing know-how in canine coaching.
Providing info on the variety of detector canines and puppies in his interview with Anadolu Agency (AA), Uslu opined that worldwide communication and cooperation are important in sustaining an efficient battle in opposition to smuggling.
“We carry out many projects jointly with our stakeholders, including participating countries and international organizations that we host as observers, in the fields of training detector dogs and developing training techniques,” Uslu stated, including that they consider in strengthening relations by exchanging mutual experiences and the data among the many individuals.
The competitors’s first stage, the “Box Search Stage,” commenced after the opening speech. Türkiye’s consultant within the competitors is a specifically raised canine named “Nobel.”
The following days will function the “Vehicle Search Stage” and “Room Search Stage,” with the ultimate stage being the “Obedience Stage,” scheduled for the final day. The crew with the very best factors amassed throughout all places might be declared the winner, receiving trophies and particular prizes.
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