NEWS · B2 Level - Part 4

How trained K-9s are saving lives in conflict areas

Sit, stay, search. At this Bosnian facility, a dog's training can be the difference between life and death.

Level: B2 · 19 sentences

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1. Sit, stay, search.
2. At this Bosnian facility, a dog's training can be the difference between life and death.
3. Tail wagging as she springs for a red ball.
4. May isn't just learning to fetch.
5. She's learning to sniff out landmines.
6. Since the establishment of the center,
7. more than 500 demining dogs and hundreds of dogs for other purposes have been trained.
8. Norwegian People's Aid runs this Sarajevo training center, sending dogs to conflict zones around the world.
9. Countries like Cambodia, Zimbabwe, Iraq, and now Ukraine.
10. Landmines and unexploded ordinance litter Ukrainian land.
11. After more than three years of war, the country is the most mined in the world, the UN says.
12. It's a deadly mess.
13. Also a blow to exports and tax revenue as undetonated explosives and agricultural fields keep farmers away.
14. 26 specially trained dogs have been sent to some of the most in battle regions of Ukraine so far,
15. and more will soon join them.
16. Agents like May whose keen canine senses are vital to the safety of civilians and soldiers alike.
17. We have this expression, this parallel which says, "One mine found, one family saved."
18. And it all starts here.
19. Paws scurrying, tails wagging, heroes in the making.