“To extend its service life” really bugs me.
It makes them sound like a car or something.
Military members are considered “equipment,” by the US military. The terminology originated with them. The thugs with badges are using it for their cosplay.
Devils advocate: retiring an old service dog means you’d need to invest in training another pup which is way more expensive than titanium teeth and dealing even with animal cruelty complaints and/or lawsuits. Also “bleed blue” fanboys will see this as badass, so its free PR.
As a mortal/moral person advocate: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
How about we save the money by not giving the police literal attack dogs to maul people with… Maybe just start ripping budget away from the police that insist on buying up surplus military equipment, ensuring that the only tool they have to solve any problem is a gun. Nah - the people that relentlessly bleat about freedom just loooove that shiny new boot leather taste.
The dog was only 6-yo, not like they were whipping along some old man.
Ever been around dogs? They love doing what they’re trained for. Had he been forcibly retired, he would have been devastated.
The caps are almost certainly way cheaper than purchasing a new dog. Last I heard, trained Germans Shepherds were going for $10,000, and that was 30-years ago.
There’s no reason to have dogs in “law enforcement” at all.
Working dogs do love their work. But that doesn’t mean all work is meaningful.
Don’t police dogs regularly screen for explosives at large events, shipping terminals, bus depots, train stations, and airports?
Those kind of bomb sniffing dogs and cadaver sniffing dogs are morally acceptable, to me, personally.
The drug sniffing dogs aren’t, not necessarily because its cruel to the animals, but because they have been shown to not be 100 percent reliable, and are commonly used by the police to abuse peoples’ rights, as a tool to hide racial profiling, etc.
On the other hand, the police dogs that are trained and employed to bite people are an example of the extreme cruelty of humans, both towards animals and each other.
What the fuck. How is this not animal cruelty?
And how is it nobody seems to have noticed the two jawbones mounted above?
I don’t think those are jawbones. They’re casts of the dogs jaws with the prepared caps test-fitted to each tooth.
