NYC’s Bedbug Battle Is Going to the Dogs
(Wall Street Journal) — Now hiring: two city inspectors capable of smelling bedbugs. Must walk on four legs. New York City is moving forward with a plan to purchase bedbug-sniffing dogs for the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. According to a request for information issued Monday, the city is looking for two male dogs trained to sniff out live bedbugs and their eggs. Most of the funding for the dogs will come from the departments existing enforcement budget, according to an HPD spokesman. The dogs will be deployed citywide and “used to compliment and enhance our existing code enforcement activities,” the spokesman explained.
