FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office has acquired two dogs for its K-9 unit to replace others that died last month.
Sheriff Steve Kessler says residents and businesses donated more than $8,000 in less than a month after an appeal by the sheriff’s department, which had no money available in its budget for the purchase of new dogs.
Kessler says an 8-week-old bloodhound named Pappy and a 2-year-old Dutch Malinois named Bane are undergoing training.
He says the department hopes to raise enough funds to buy additional dogs.
The department lost another bloodhound to a sudden illness on March 25. A Belgian Malinois used in narcotics detection and suspect apprehension was euthanized five days later after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.
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