(CNN) � It’s not often that the words “TSA� and “adorable� come together in the same sentence. Long lines, discarded items, a sometimes-grumpy atmosphere � not much to love there.
But those two words are a natural pairing when it comes the Transportation Security Administration’s annual canine calendar. The agency announced (formerly Twitter) on Monday � and let’s just say these safety-minded, hard-working pooches are positively precious.
The calendar honors the more than 1,000 explosives-detection canines working across the United States. Adorning the cover is Dina, winner of the 2023 cutest canine contest.
This gal is a 3-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer who works at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. She was “one of several TSA canines who worked at Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix� back in February, according to a TSA news release.
But the doggie love doesn’t stop at the cover. Inside are a year’s worth of dogs starting with Gina-Gina, a regal looking Belgian Malinois that works at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
Actually, there’s more than year’s worth of dogs as the calendar offers up a few bonus canines at the end.
The calendar has plenty of dog factoids, too, such as this from May: “Canines possess a sense of smell more sensitive than even the most advanced man-made instrument. Their sniffers are powerful enough to detect substances at concentrations of one part per trillion—about the same as a single drop of liquid in 20 Olympic-size swimming pools.�
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