American-owned security firm in Kuwait killed 24 sniffer dogs after expiry of contract

An American-owned security firm in Kuwait has killed 24 sniffer dogs after expiry of its contract with a local oil company. The incident happened on June 17 and thee are a further 100 or so dogs at risk of being killed. This has been revealed by an animal rights group Kuwait Animal Rescue Unit. The owners have said that they had killed the dogs "humanely" because they were sick.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 25 June 2016.

The US-owned company had been providing services to Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and, as per the Kuwait Animal Rescue Unit, the security firm had killed 24 of its sniffer dogs after losing a contract with the oil company, which was apparently paid $9,900 monthly for each dog.
The security company continues to maintain that it humanely euthanized the dogs because they were old and sick and also suffering from conditions such as tumors and hip dysplasia while some others were just too aggressive. The dogs had been diagnosed with those issues two years ago and should have been eliminated at the time. It seems the company had tried to put the dogs up for adoption but did not succeed.


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