Can dogs track human scent at trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Sherman, 1997 CanLII 842 (BC SC):
While a judge cannot take judicial notice that any particular breed of dog has a greater or lesser propensity to track human scent (this must be proved through the dog handler), judicial notice may be made that humans give off a scent which dogs are able to detect: Patterson v. Nixon, [1960] S.L.T. 220. Charge to the Jury
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