Bloodhound
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For other uses, see Bloodhound (disambiguation).
The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar, rabbits, and since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, Belgium, in French it is called, le chien de Saint-Hubert.
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Other names | Chien de St. Hubert St. Hubert Hound Sleuth-hound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Origin | Belgium, France & United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This breed is famed for its ability to discern human scent over great distances, even days later. Its extraordinarily keen sense of smell is combined with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct, producing the ideal scent hound, and it is used by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, and lost pets.[1]