I was horrified by the articles published in the Sun this week about retired MOD (ministry of defence) dogs being euthanised because they are no longer of use. The MOD tried to justify the euthanisations by saying 'these dogs were not suitable for rehoming due to behaviour problems', this is simply UNTRUE. Dogs used in service have to have good behaviour in order to respond to training and carry out their roles.
These dogs put their life's at risk everyday to protect us and they are being killed just because they are no longer of use. It's absolutely disgusting, these dogs are not tools or chess pieces, they're animals with rights - a right to live a healthy, happy life.
In 3 years, 288 retired MOD dogs were euthanised just because they are no longer of use to the forces. That's on average 96 perfectly healthy, loving dogs that have had their life's cruelly taken away from them after doing SO much for us humans. The British police rehome all their retired dogs and currently have more people waiting for a retired dog than they do retired dogs. So why didn't the MOD contact those people wanting to rehome an ex force dog?
The most upsetting thing is that these dogs have given up their life's for us humans and yet they're killed as soon as they're of no use. It's quite similar to the badger cull, the badgers are not 'fitting into our lifestyle/expectations' and so we're culling them with no scientific and plausible reason.
We should be thanking not only these dogs but all the other line of service animals that give up everything to protect us so that we can live without fear. It's about time, they were given recognition and more animals were awarded with the Dickin Award.
The Sun have created a petition to stop the euthanisations of service animals, please, please sign it and share with your friends. Save their life's, give them a second chance, reward them for their dedication to us by giving them a loving home where they can live the rest of their days content, happy and healthy. (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article5146603.ece)
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