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posted by janrinok on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the dumb-reasons-for-status-quo dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:20PM (#677964)

    Guess I have not seen these. Also not really sure what makes a loser.

    Had a friend who was an adrenalin junkie. He died during a jump. Over 200 and yet dead. We used to laugh about danger. So many free climbs or insane tree skiing or motorbikes. So much enjoyment. Pushing things for no reason. I became a dad. No longer push much. Maybe my daughters sports car here or there. Life is still good.

    Still can't help but think though his life was "wasted" (whatever that means) since he died at 26. But I know all to well he might still be doing what we did if it was me dead. He would be a dad too. Perhaps it is me who isn't living so much these days.

    Maybe I need to get back to that.

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