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A dog rescued from Afghanistan following she alerted soldiers to a suicide bomber was accidentally euthanized at an Arizona shelter on Monday.
A Pinal County Animal Treatment and Management employee continues to be put on administrative leave for failing to adhere to techniques and euthanizing the wrong canine.
The canine, Target, was recently brought in excess of from Afghanistan by a soldier who had returned from his tour of duty. Target was featured by CNN for heroism immediately after saving dozens of soldiers from a suicide bomber on February eleven.
"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 about her," Sgt. Christopher Duke said, who helped care for Target in Afghanistan and has adopted her packmate Rufus. "There's no killing this puppy for sure. She's pretty much been by using it all, " he said upon their reunion in July in Georgia.
Target's new owner, Army Sgt. Terry Young whose life was saved by the stray,
windows 7 activation, 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 Care and Handle received a call about a stray female shepherd-mix canine in the San Tan Valley area on Friday. An animal command officer picked up the dog and brought her to the shelter where the dog stayed through the weekend. The canine was not microchipped or licensed with the county, shelter officials said.
On Monday morning,
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“I am heartsick more than this. I had to personally deliver the news to the dog’s owner,
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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.