Reason and the WaPost as well as many other sites are still rolling on the floor laughing at the assertion made by Chad Larner, the director of Maron County's K-9 Training Academy.
In a bid to protest legalization, the Illinois police have threatened to kill their dogs if marijuana is legalized. This could mean euthanizing hundreds of dogs trained to sniff out marijuana and other illegal substances.
Chad Larner claims:
Chad Larner, dismissed the idea of retraining dogs, saying it would amount to "extreme abuse" to change their mindset. K-9s are rewarded for successfully alerting to the presence of narcotics, and they continue to train regularly with their handlers for a suggested minimum of 16 hours a month.
[...] Because many K-9s are trained not to be social so their work won't be affected, Larner said a number of dogs would likely have to be euthanized.
While at the same time claiming the dogs are trained for many roles:
There are about 275 certified narcotic detection K-9s in Illinois, Larner said. Most of the dogs are dual-purpose, meaning they are trained to find drugs and to track and apprehend suspects and missing persons.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:52AM (3 children)
They're basically saying, "If we can't ruin people's lives, we'll ruin trained-attack-dog's lives!"
Well.. something's gotta go, it seems. I agree with another comment: lets euthanize the handlers and the trainers, for making such abominations.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:16AM
Let the dogs hotbox with the stoners.
They were rewarded for ferreting out marijuana. Now they can be rewarded by smoking it.
Also solves the concerns over behavior issues, because when was the last time you saw a dog murder someone while they were high on marijuana.... Well other than that chihuahua in 'Dude Where's My Car?' when somebody touched his weed pipe...
(Score: 5, Funny) by driverless on Thursday May 10 2018, @08:09AM (1 child)
Dogs aren't dual-purpose, they're multipurpose: They can water lamp-posts, chase parked cars, tenderise slippers, you name it, a dog can do it. Woof!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @04:11PM
You can wear them forwards, backwards, inside out forwards, and inside out backwards