(MILITARY DOGS) When commemorating veterans, it’s important to remember canine veterans, too. Dogs, who have served our nation for decades, were honored Monday for their efforts. Their tasks include search and rescue, bomb sniffing, and drug detection. Read on for more on dogs’ military duties and what is being done to treat them as heroes. — Global Animal
(DOGS) Since the breed’s peak in popularity after World War I, German shepherds have recently seen a steady decline. Despite their original development for German cavalry workers, they are now commonly being replaced with Belgian Malinois as military working dogs, providing even less reason to continue breeding. But according to Susan Orlean, author of “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend,” the German shepherds’ rise to fame was mainly caused by the popular animal actor Rin Tin Tin, who transformed the German shepherd into the most sought after breed in America. Could Orlean’s new book and its future movie adaptation bring this beloved breed back into the spotlight? Read on for more on Orlean’s biography of the legendary pooch. —Global Animal
(9/11 HEROES/PHOTOS) Nearly 100 search and rescue dogs were deployed to help find survivors at the World Trade Center and Pentagon sites after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Photographer Charlotte Dumas located 15 of these now senior-aged heroes and has commemorated them in a touching series of portraits entitled “Retrieved.” Traveling to 12 different states in the U.S., Charlotte photographed the surviving rescue dogs, now all well into their golden years, at their homes where they still live with their caretakers a full decade after serving their country during its desperate time of need. Their stories are now compiled in the book “Retrieved,” published September of this year for the tenth anniversary of the attacks. — Global Animal
(WORKING DOGS) The identity of the Seal Team Six Dog that helped kill Osama Bin Laden was finally revealed when the Belgian Malinois met the president in a private ceremony honoring the dog and his Seal Team members, according to an article in the New Yorker Magazine.
(DOGS / CULTURE) John Bradshaw’s new book “In Defence Of Dogs” reveals the true nature of dogs. Bradshaw argues that people tend to suppress a dog’s natural instinct to work through dog training. The book also discusses dog emotions and how well dogs truly understand people. — Global Animal
(DOGS) — From finding illegal polluters to identifying endangered animal poop, dogs often work to save the planet and even lead conservation efforts to protect mother earth, helping our ecosystem in ways that humans can’t. Dogs also are our best friends, aid military troops, and work in murder trials, and now Conservation Canines help save the world!
(WORKING DOGS) For a mere $230,000 you can now buy a guard dog (excuse us, an “executive protection dog”) trained to the exacting attack standards of the Seal Team Six dog who helped take out Osama Bin Laden.
(WORKING DOGS) – In the trial of Casey Anthony, who stands accused of murdering her daughter Caylee, K-9 cadaver dogs were used to find and ‘alert’ to the presence of a dead body, both in Anthony’s car and her parent’s backyard. Read the fascinating details of how cadaver dogs contribute to forensic evidence and how the canines are trained to find dead and decomposing bodies.
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