Jordan, Egypt faulted for deaths of US-trained sniffer dogs

WASHINGTON (AP) - 爆弾-(犯罪,病気などの)発見 dogs sent by the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs to Jordan and Egypt got sick and in some 事例/患者s died because of 妥当でない care, によれば a 明言する/公表する Department 報告(する)/憶測 解放(する)d Friday.

The 明言する/公表する Department Office of 視察官 General recommended that two U.S. 機関s stop sending the 特に trained dogs to the two countries until they have 計画(する)s in place to make sure they are taken care of and 監視するd to 確実にする their 井戸/弁護士席-存在.

The two 機関s, the Bureau of 外交の 安全 and the Bureau of 反対する-テロ行為, agreed to the 推薦 and said earlier this month they had taken 活動/戦闘s to 保護する the dogs, によれば the OIG. The 機関s had resisted 停止(させる)ing the program when an 初期の 報告(する)/憶測 on the 支配する was 解放(する)d in September.

The 明言する/公表する Department has sent more than 200 dogs to さまざまな countries overseas to help 妨げる テロ行為 over the past 20 years.

The September OIG 報告(する)/憶測 raised 関心s about Jordan and 設立する "現在進行中の health and 福利事業 関心s の中で dogs (軍隊を)展開する,配備するd to Jordan," which is the largest 受取人 of the dogs in the 爆発性の-(犯罪,病気などの)発見 program. The 報告(する)/憶測 解放(する)d Friday was an update 問題/発行するd after 捜査官/調査官s learned of continuing problems and 付加 deaths.

It 設立する several dogs died or had to be euthanized over the past 18 months, 含むing at least two from heat 一打/打撃, one from a preventable parasite and a fourth from a pesticide sprayed in or 近づく its kennel. The 報告(する)/憶測 said Jordan has agreed to stop using that pesticide around the kennels.

A veterinarian 協議するd by the OIG said the heat 一打/打撃 deaths were a result of "怠慢,過失 and 妥当でない care," and not 事故s.

In Egypt, the 報告(する)/憶測 said at least three dogs died, 含むing one from heat 一打/打撃, and that 公式の/役人s there 辞退するd to 許す 明言する/公表する Department 職員/兵員 to visit the kennels or the airport where the dogs work.

The Bureau of 反対する-テロ行為 and Bureau of 外交の Securit y told the 明言する/公表する Department's 内部の 監視者 that they are 供給するing 付加 器具/備品 and training to host country handlers and veterinarians.

Neither country had any 即座の comment on the 報告(する)/憶測.

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This story has been 訂正するd to say that 200 dogs have been sent to さまざまな countries over the past 20 years, not two years.

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