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- The US Army mistreated a corps of bomb-sniffing dogs when they were discharged from the military, according to the Defense Department’s Inspector General’s Office.
- Army personnel who handled them said that once the dogs returned to the US, some were left in kennels for up to 11 months.
- Several soldiers searched for and rescued their dogs from the Army kennels.
They made up a corps of bomb-sniffing dogs that accompanied brigade combat teams on potentially lethal missions, sniffing out roadside bombs in Afghanistan and saving human lives.
In return for their combat service, the U.S. Army mistreated these canine heroes when they were discharged from the military, the Defense Department’s Inspector General’s Office said in a report issued on March 1.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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