PHOENIX, (Reuters Life!) – A dog hailed as a hero for alerting U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan to a suicide bomber was mistakenly euthanized by a county animal shelter worker in Arizona, authorities said.
Target, a shepherd mix who was featured on “The “Oprah Winfrey Show” and local media for her heroics in Afghanistan, got loose from her owners on Friday and was put down on Monday after spending the weekend in a county shelter.
The employee who euthanized Target has been placed on administrative leave, Pinal County Animal Care and Control Director Ruth Stalter said.
“I’m heartsick over this,” Stalter said in a written statement. “I had to personally deliver the news to the dog’s owner and he and his family are understandably distraught.”
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