A Retirement Plan for Sniffer Dogs

The paramilitary forces have sought a ‘post-retirement resettlement’ plan for sniffer dogs to prevent them from falling into wrong hands.

Often when Maoists and terrorists attack police forces, the weapons used by them are stolen from the state itself. But if the Central Paramilitary Forces (CPF) are granted their request, there will be at least one resource that will remain on this side of  enemy lines. The CPF has sought a ‘post-retirement resettlement’ plan for sniffer dogs to prevent them from falling into wrong hands. The CPF believes that if abandoned after its working life, a retired sniffer dog will be ‘vulnerable to manipulation by militants and terrorists’. With nearly 100 sniffer dogs being trained and supplied annually by canine training centres, the last thing we need is man’s best friend turning foe.