Posts Tagged Dogs

Study looks at how dogs can help fight the spread of spotted lanternflies

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on May 19, 2023

Sally Dickinson and her trained detection dog, Flint, search a vineyard in Winchester for spotted lanternfly egg masses. They are beginning to recruit other people with their dogs to do the same. It’s a four-year project funded by the USDA. (Credit: Luke Hayes/Virginia Tech)

The invasive spotted lanternfly continues to spread throughout Virginia, threatening vineyards. Researchers are training dogs to help sniff them out, as Roxy Todd reports.

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To Tether or Not to Tether? Lawmakers Weigh In

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 7, 2018

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Lawmakers in Richmond are deadlocked on how to handle tethering of dogs. Michael Pope reports.

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Canine Brain Cancer Treatment May Help Humans

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on December 8, 2017

Bentley is a Boxer with brain cancer being treated at Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg. (Credit: Alyson Taylor)

A treatment being tested for brain cancer in dogs may one day help humans with the same disease. Clinical trials at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg are showing promising results and a new round of trials is set to start early next year. Robbie Harris reports.