From Bums to Bombs
August 18th, 2008
If you could pin a medal to a dog (which you can’t) then these guys would probably have lots of medals pinned to them. There was once a time when dog heroism meant Lassie barking at a farmer to tell him some snot-nosed kid was stuck down a hole — well move over Lassie, the bar’s been raised (sorry sweet pea).
One day they’re poking around trashcans and worrying the local cats for fun — the next they’re whisked off the streets to join in the fight against Maoist rebels in India. These former urchins risk their lives every day to sniff out bombs and bark at baddies, and I commend them for it. I’d join their ranks myself but they’d never accept me…flat paws and bad eyesight — a disasterous combination around anything explosive.
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