In Russia, breeders have come up with a specially -- genetically engineered -- dog to aid in the fight against terrorism. From Pravda:
This dog, which vividly resembles an ordinary mongrel, is in fact the result of continuous process of selection. It is a new type of biological weapon that fights terrorism. These dogs, whose descendents were wild jackals and northern Husky, can scent even the tiniest particles of explosives.Some call them Jackal-Huskies or simply Huskjackal. The breed has not been officially named yet. It took Klim Sulimov 25 long years to come up with such breed. He has been selecting animals with the sharpest senses. In the end, he managed to interbreed "ice" and "flame": a subtropical jackal from Northern Caucasus and a Husky from the polar region.
According to Sulimov, these animals possess good search qualities, which domestic animals have already lost. Huskjackals have incredibly keen sense of smell; it is 50 times sharper than in other dogs.
