Hazard Lecture Series features unique Auburn University program

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Auburn University is teaming up with some 4-legged detectives to sniff out trouble.

Dr. Jim Floyd of Auburn’s Canine Performance Sciences was guest lecturer Monday night as part of Heritage Academy’s Annual Hazard Lecture Series.

Dr. Floyd talked about the university’s program that is science driven and trains dogs as a tool for bio-defense.

“It’s a science program about a creature that everybody loves and that how that creature that everybody loves, is being used in service to mankind and in the nation. It is science, it’s not just a training program,” said Dr. Floyd.

The program usually trains Labrador Retrievers.