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A puppy rescued from Afghanistan right after she alerted soldiers to a suicide bomber was accidentally euthanized at an Arizona shelter on Monday.
A Pinal County Animal Treatment and Control worker may be positioned on administrative leave for failing to adhere to methods and euthanizing the wrong dog.
The dog, Target, was lately brought through from Afghanistan by a soldier who had returned from his tour of duty. Target was featured by CNN for heroism immediately after conserving dozens of soldiers from a suicide bomber on February 11.
"She got her name because the Afghans we lived with were constantly trying to off her. She's been shot in the leg. ... The Afghans actually ran over her," Sgt. Christopher Duke said,
Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Business Product Key, who helped care for Target in Afghanistan and has adopted her packmate Rufus. "There's no killing this dog for sure. She's pretty much been by means of it all, " he said upon their reunion in July in Georgia.
Target's new owner,
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Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit, helped bring the 2-ish-year-old from Afghanistan to her new home in Arizona. She disappeared from Young's home on Friday. Facebook postings requested help in finding her. Animal Treatment and Management received a call about a stray female shepherd-mix puppy in the San Tan Valley area on Friday. An animal command officer picked up the canine and brought her to the shelter where the puppy stayed around the weekend. The puppy was not microchipped or licensed with the county, shelter officials said.
On Monday morning, the worker mistakenly took the puppy out of its pen and euthanized it. The canine was not scheduled for euthanasia.
“I am heartsick around this. I had to personally deliver the news to the dog’s owner, and he and his family are understandably distraught,” said Animal Care and Management Director Ruth Stalter. “We work hard get to strays reunited with their owners. When it comes to euthanizing an animal, there are some clear-cut techniques to stick to. Based on my preliminary investigation, our employee did not abide by those methods.”
In an e-mail, Young told CNN affiliate KPHO, "I'm an absolute wreck today, and it's everything in my power to hold it together for me and my family. My 4-year-old son just can't understand what is going on with Target and keeps asking me to get the poison out of her and bring her home. They don't want her to go be with God yet."
“An investigation is under way,
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Target was pregnant when she helped thwart the suicide bomber by attacking him. She had her litter of puppies in Afghanistan. Target's puppies have since been brought to the United States.