The VIP lounge of second division Offenbach's Bieberer Berg had to be evacuated after a sniffer dog became very interested in a suspect package.
A 43-member German search-and-rescue team, with three sniffer dogs, arrived within 24 hours of the earthquake.
One rescue worker in Beichuan, Luo Tanfei, says his team, which includes sniffer dogs, has saved 10 people in different locations since the huge earthquake struck the region Monday.
Still not convinced, the staff called in a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team and a sniffer dog, but the parcel was later found to contain Asian pears.
Rescue teams with sniffer dogs have been searching for signs of life and dozens of excavators are reported to be digging through the debris.
So why not just take a great sniffer dog and clone it instead?
Rescue teams with sniffer dogs yelled as they dug. "Is there anyone here?"
We wait among teams of Italian sniffer dog teams, literally straining at the leash to get going.
The hunt for survivors entered its fourth day Wednesday, with troops still searching the ruins with life detectors and sniffer dogs.
Tianjin plans to build the world's largest animal cloning factory next year for the cloning of beef and dairy cattle, sniffer dogs and racehorses.
There they conduct exercises in a simulated disaster zone which are an eerie echo of real tragedies: sniffer dogs scrabble over collapsed buildings and rescuers call out to potential survivors.
Fingertip searches and sniffer dogs are being used by police in the search.
Professor Yan says real sniffer dogs also have other needs.
