Inspection dogs helping protect ports, borders

Two new breeding and training centers aim to keep up with massive demand

More inspection dogs are expected to be deployed at entry-exit ports across China after two national centers for breeding and training are built within the next five years, according to China's top inspection and quarantine authority.

Faced with increasing pressure to ensure biosafety, entry-exit inspection and quarantine authorities will also increase their capacity to keep out hazardous elements such as diseases, viruses and invasive species. This includes improving the warning system and replacing X-ray machines used for handling mail and parcels with more precise CT scanners, Zhao Zenglian, deputy head of the Department of Supervision on Animal and Plant Quarantine under the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on Tuesday.