The Department of State said Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 that it will temporarily stop sending dogs to Jordan and Egypt after at least six more of the animals died because of illness, overwork or poor care.
The announcement that the program is being stopped comes months after American inspectors found that at least 12 of the U.S.-trained canines sent to Jordan under an antiterrorism program had died from medical problems.
Three of 10 dogs the U.S. has provided to Egypt in the past year have also died — one from lung cancer, one from a ruptured gall bladder and one from heat stroke, the report said.
Source: strips.com
