Black labrador Treo saved dozens of lives in 2008
Treo, a black labrador, saved dozens of lives in Afghanistan 2008- web
London: The dog that was awarded the animal version of the Victoria Cross for sniffing out Taliban booby-trap bombs has died on Wednesday.
Black labrador Treo saved dozens of lives in 2008. The hero twice located hidden “daisy chains” of IEDs in Sangin, Afghanistan, The Sun reported.
Treo, 14, retired after seven years and received the Dickin Medal from charity the PDSA.
He died in handler Sgt Dave Heyhoe’s arms at home in Cheshire. Dave, 46, said Treo had been battling illness. He said: “I gave him the military send-off he deserved by burying him with a Union Jack and his medal.”
( Source : agencies )
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