A chocolate lab named Abby is helping locate graves of enslaved people at a Virginia battlefield park.
A six-year-old chocolate lab named Abby is helping archaeologists locate an unmarked cemetery at Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia. Trained to detect centuries-old human remains, Abby is assisting the National Park Service in finding graves of enslaved people who worked for the Shelton family. By identifying odors from decomposition, Abby helps pinpoint these unmarked graves, with the park service planning to protect and honor the site without excavation.
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