As tributes poured in for the two police dogs killed in a shoot-out with suspected cop murderers on Monday, a third canine officer was recovering at an animal hospital outside Pietermaritzburg. Duke, who had been airlifted to the Hilton…
Even heroic search and rescue dogs have to press the “paws” button on sick days. Odi, IPSS Medical Rescue’s trainee search and rescue dog, has been put on “light duty” around the office after undergoing emergency surgery to save his life.…
“You were a hero and a true friend, I will miss you” Port Alfred SAPS has announced the death of a long-serving K9 unit dog, Bonzo, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and euthanised just days after he officially retired. “He was a…
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, August 21, members of the Port Alfred SAPS K9 unit attended to a panic alarm in Bathurst. When the police arrived on scene, the complainant furnished a description of suspects who had broken into…
On Tuesday July 16 at 3.40pm members of the Port Alfred K9 unit, W/O Neethling and Sgt Lamani responded to an alarm at residential premises. On approaching the address, they noticed a man running from the house into bush across the road.…
