>Sender: >To: >X-Original-Message-ID: <019401bf3c56$4cf71b20$9acf69cf@pacbell.net> >From: "Peter McWilliams" >Subject: Drug dog bites the dust after biting the dust >Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:46:34 -0800 >X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > >Dog Dies After Biting Into Drug Bag > >.c The Associated Press > > LA CIENEGA, N.M. (AP) - A drug-sniffing police dog died after biting into a >bag of methamphetamine. > >Max, a 4-year-old German shepherd, was going through a training exercise >Monday when he stuck his head into an unlocked drawer that contained the >drugs at the La Cienega Fire Department. > >``Before anybody could react, he put his head in and bit it, and then he spit >it out,'' Santa Fe County Undersheriff Benjie Montano said. > >But the dog either ingested or inhaled too strong a dose and died shortly >after arriving at a veterinarian's office. > >``It's a big loss for the department,'' Montano said. ``We have to train for >reality, and we have those risks in real life.'' > >The dog's handler is devastated, the undersheriff said, adding, ``It's like a >loss of a family member." > >------ > >And a completely unnecessary loss, too. Very sad. > > > > >================================================================ > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: