DOGS SNIFFING OUT COVID-19 - HEATHER JUNQUEIRA
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- May 26th 2020
BioScent K9 is a Myakka City, Florida nonprofit organization founded by Heather Junqueira. The organization utilizes the power of canine scent detection to develop non-invasive ways of screening for life-threatening diseases.
Heather's background is in breeding and genetics. She began researching cancer and came across a California program where researchers were working with dogs to detect breast and lung cancer by sniffing human breath condensation or saliva. The research showed the dogs detecting cancer at early stages.
Currently Heather and her dogs are working on a research study to see if dogs can be trained to detect COVD 19.
LET'S TALK PETS - PATTY GIARRUSSO
The Let's Talk Pets Story
Patty combines educational resources and feel-good stories each week with the main focus on lost pet recovery and pet retention, pet safety, pet health, training and more.
Patty shares true stories of lost pets that are reunited with their owners, veterinarians offering important pet health advice, rescue groups sharing information about their organizations, trainers sharing tips on problems pet owners face, pet health and anxiety issues and different pet products and services among other topics.
Patty is the Founder & President of Lost Pet Services, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to reuniting lost pets. Her organization has helped reunite thousands of pets in the Sarasota/Manatee counties FL area since 2013 and funded tens of thousands in medical care to strays and owned pets.
Lost Pet Services Facebook group has grown to over 41,000 fans and continues to grow by 100s every month. It is her mission to educate others on systemic lost pet recovery methods and ways to keep our pets safe.
Remember, a lost pet can’t tell anyone where it lives, so it’s up to us to help them.
