11/88Value of the narcotics that the U.S. Border Patrol’s 3,200 agents detected this year, per agent: $123,758

U.S. Border Patrol (Washington)

    Value of the narcotics that the Patrol’s 24 drug-sniffing dogs detected this year, per dog: $4,696,574

U.S. Border Patrol (Washington)

12/87Cost to have a trained dog and a handler conduct a drug search of an office (per hour): $45

Security Associates International (Houston)

11/08Margin by which U.S. dog owners favor John McCain over Barack Obama: 43–34

Associated Press (N.Y.C.)

4/91Estimated number of American dogs that have been named as beneficiaries in wills: 1,000,000

Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.)/Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Washington)

5/99Days the President should spend in jail “simply for hitting on a dog like” Paula Jones, according to O.J. Simpson: 30

The Weekly Standard (Washington)