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Meet Taz, Sacramento County's New Pest Detection Dog

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County has a new pest detection dog named Taz.

His job is to "sniff out" harmful pets on packages containing fruit.

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The labrador retriever underwent four months of training in Georgia before arriving in Sacramento earlier this month.

He's already found 21 instances of pests in packages!

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