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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Staff fired for euthanising hero dog

FLORENCE (Arizona) - OFFICIALS say an employee for Arizona's Pinal County has been fired after euthanising a war-hero dog that wasn't scheduled to be put down.

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The unidentified employee at the Animal Care and Control facility in Casa Grande was placed on administrative leave after euthanising the female shepherd mix by mistake on Monday. The firing was announced on Friday.

The dog named Target had been brought to Arizona by Sgt Terry Young after his tour of duty. He says the dog was lauded for thwarting an attack by a suicide bomber in war-torn Afghanistan.

But Target escaped Sgt Young's back yard last weekend and didn't have a tag or microchip.

Sgt Young later found Target's picture on a website used by the county's dog catchers to help owners track lost pets.

He showed up at the shelter Monday to claim his dog, only to find her dead.

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