SNIFFER DOG CHECKS OUT CONTRABAND DURING AUSTRALIA'S VIGIL AGAINST FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE AT ..., 2001-04-11 (photo)

SNIFFER DOG CHECKS OUT CONTRABAND DURING AUSTRALIA'S VIGIL AGAINST FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE AT SYDNEY AIRPORT. Beagle quarantine dog Jessie sniffs confiscated food items after a routine search at Sydney's international airport April 11, 2001. Beagles are used by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) officers to respond to the heightened risk of foot and mouth disease after devastating outbreaks in the United Kingdom and Europe. Quarantine officers around Australia are appealing to passengers arriving from Britain and Europe to declare all items of food and plant or animal material upon landing in a bid to maintain Australia's 130-year-old foot-and-mouth disease-free record.