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Article: Dogs get a chance to best a PBS pig; Cummings School has `screen' test.(LOCAL NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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- June 26, 2008
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Byline: Linda Bock
GRAFTON - Veterinarians at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University were game to help kids answer an intriguing question in the name of science and fun: Which is smarter - a dog or a pig?
PBS kid stars, producers, crews and volunteer dog owners spent a long day at the North Grafton campus filming an episode of "FETCH!"Part game show and part reality television, the show features real kids, real challenges, real science and an unreal host named Ruff Ruffman, an animated dog, according to the PBS Web site. "FETCH!" mixes live-action with animation and the result is an educational and comical show targeted at 6- to ...