customs dogs "Rocky and Barco, " were so good at patrolling the border that the Mexican drug lords put a three hundred thousand dollar bounty on their heads.
This is an opposing view on the essay on "The Dog Delusion"," by April Pedersen.
Let's see what April has to say about dogs in her essay.
Opposing point I: One of the most absurd examples of anthropomorphism I have seen is a funeral for a drug-sniffing dog. The Sherriff's department went all out with a motorcade, flag draped casket, bag piper's playing "Amazing Grace," a eulogy from a pastor, and a rose-adorned easel on which the dog's portrait rested.
My Counter Argument I: According to Wikipedia, A police dog that died in the line of duty is often given a full police funeral. Some Police Departments make the dog's sworn officers with badges and IDs. I once seen a k-9 officer chasing a suspect, and the officer ran around the house and slipped. Consequently, the suspect raised his weapon and started to shoot the police officer, and the criminal seen the k-9, and again started to shoot the officer. The dog maneuvered, so the suspect would focus on him. He shot the dog six times, but the dog would not stop, until the suspect was apprehended. Needless to say the dog died, but he purposely put himself in harm's way to protect the officer. If it had been a human who saved the officer, that person would be recognized as a hero, so why not the dog? Police k-9 is trained to protect the officer's, and to put themselves in harm's way. Not only are the k-9's to serve, but they also live with the officer and his family. So there is a bond between officer and k-9, due to the hours spent together, usually k-9 officer's spend more time with each other, than they do with their own family, so that bond between officer and dog are stronger than some families. And if their dog dies, yes they have a full dress funeral for the dog. .
So April Pederson is against police funerals for dogs, what else does she say on the subject?.