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KamaAina

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9. The Honolulu airport used to have beagles

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:18 PM

Sep 2014

to sniff out produce that's not allowed to be shipped to the mainland. Once I forgot I had some apple bananas (a popular local variety), and they caught me in the nick of time. I could have unwittingly destroyed new Jersey's multibillion-dollar banana crop.

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Airline Launches World's Cutest Lost and Found Service [View all] n2doc Sep 2014 OP

awesome thanks...nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2014 #1

Love it! rusty fender Sep 2014 #2

Very cute. eom Cleita Sep 2014 #3

That might be the greatest idea...well ever BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #4

I am going to deliberately lose some stuff shenmue Sep 2014 #6

With my luck, I'd get their latest animal employee "Stinky", the skunk trained to return dropped Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #21

I like that idea navarth Sep 2014 #23

Yay! Dog stories! Happyhippychick Sep 2014 #5

OMG squeee for kewtitude! BUT, squee aside, this is ALSO important. TygrBright Sep 2014 #7

+1 2banon Sep 2014 #11

+2 NJCher Sep 2014 #19

+3.....beautifully expressed! dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #27

What a great idea, if they would actually do this it'd be wonderful. Yay for beagles. uppityperson Sep 2014 #8

The Honolulu airport used to have beagles KamaAina Sep 2014 #9

i forgot about an apple in the bottom of my bag when i was returning to the states from germany fizzgig Sep 2014 #26

But remember, apples don't kill people... KamaAina Sep 2014 #28

LOVE this!!! calimary Sep 2014 #10

ZOMG! I haven't been so stoked about something in ages. Old Crow Sep 2014 #12

Made my day! ashling Sep 2014 #13

ENDURANCE. THAT AIRPORT IS HUGE and i have never ever seen so many humans. pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #14

Hopefully he worked treats and belly rubs into his union contract :-P Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #15

Wonderful! I bet the dog likes this too. Lots of positive feedback and love in return for JDPriestly Sep 2014 #16

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #17

Beats sniffing for drugs. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #18

Cute video. Too bad it turns out it was just a marketing hoax. Electric Monk Sep 2014 #20

- Aw- some things are best not said packman Sep 2014 #22

"HELP WANTED: Beagle for Loss Prevention and Public Relations, drug-sniffing a plus, resume to KLM" derby378 Sep 2014 #24

The idea of a dog running through the airport without a handler, and the idea that no one would Brickbat Sep 2014 #25