Archive for the ‘Animal Heroes’ Category
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Police stopped traffic on the busy Deegan Expressway in the Bronx on Friday, May 15, 2009, as a Shepherd-mix dog valiantly protected a yellow Labrador that had been hit by a car. The Shepherd ran in and out of traffic, barking at cars. He would not let the police approach ...
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
A medal awarded to a dog named Rip in July of 1945 for “locating many air raid victims during the (London) Blitz of 1940," sold at auction in London on Friday, April 24, 2009, fetching a record price of more than £24,250 ($35,594). In the United Kingdom, the Dickin Medal ...
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Santos A. Cardona, 34, a U.S. government security contractor in Afghanistan, and his partner, a German Shepherd named Zomie, were killed on Saturday, February 28, 2009, when their military convoy hit a roadside bomb. Mr. Cardona and his dog worked in Afghanistan, searching for improvised explosive devices and weapons stockpiles.
In ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
A British crime-fighting canine named Max died of nasal cancer on Sunday, January 25, 2009. Max was nine years old.
The Springer Spaniel had spent seven years detecting cocaine and other drugs for the Avon and Somerset Police in Great Britain. He was euthanized at the Tiverton police station in ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
After a dog was struck and killed by a car on a busy highway in Santiago, Chile on December 4, 2008, another homeless dog ran into the street and dragged the limp canine body to the median strip. A highway crew arrived and removed the dead dog. The dog hero ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
A three-year-old boy, lost in the Virginia woods since the afternoon of Friday, December 5, 2008, was found alive and well under a tree by rescuers about 20 hours after he disappeared. The toddler had wandered away from a relative's house with his aunt's two puppies. The puppies snuggled with ...
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Britt, an 11-year old German Shepherd that served with the United States Army as a bomb-sniffing dog in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, was euthanized on September 11, 2008, due to a severe neurological illness. His ashes will be interred on December 3, 2008, at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, under ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Sacramento, California Firefighters lost a hero with the passing Wednesday night, November 12, 2008, of Ana, a golden retriever. Ana, who turned 13 on the 4th of July, was the first nationally certified Fire Department Disaster Search canine and the first dog certified by the Search Dog Foundation. She did ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Combat-wounded dogs may now be treated at a $15 million veterinary hospital that opened Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. There are currently 2,500 dogs working with American military units. Dogs that are injured or become ill in the war zone in Afghanistan ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Ralph Nader is a candidate for president again in 2008. A 1958 graduate of Harvard Law School, Mr. Nader is a consumer advocate and community activist who actually does have a solid record of achievement. His advocacy for automobile safety resulted in the 1966 passage of the National Traffic and ...
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