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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: 2) by DannyB on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:08PM
Dogs that can sniff out marijuana probably still have some useful purpose. Maybe retrain to sniff out other narcotics?
Drug dogs might still be needed at the constitution-free border where agents can do as they please.
This is a ten-year long problem at worst. Those dogs can live out the remainder of their lives without having to work for treats. In a decade the problem of unemployed trained drug sniffing dogs will disappear.
Or put the dogs on a dog-treat version of Universal Basic Income.
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