“The problem is people don’t understand that dogs are not body finders, they are odor hunters,” Hadsell, who wasn’t involved in the search for Laundrie but has assisted in searches at the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, said.
“They chase the odor of human remains, and the problem is that there are times when odor is not making the best presentation,” he continued.
“In this case, the search conditions that they were in initially were really bad, so the probability was more in the 20 percent success rate because there was water in that area.”
But now that the area is dry and there is some breeze, Hadsell said it makes for “good sense cones” that “dogs can detect.”
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