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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#cashvan #securitycompany #westernexpresshighway Police have, reportedly, picked up four suspects who are believed to have been associated with the loot of Rs 2 crore of cash from an ATM cash van in suburban Vile Parle.
The robbery has the makings of a James Hadley Chase mystery novel. It appears to have been carried by an employee of the security firm that was responsible to transport the money from the bank to the ATMs located in the suburbs.
The cash van had in it Rs 2 crore worth cash and it was looted on Western Express Highway in suburban Vile Parle by four persons, one of whom was an employee of the security firm. The police have picked up four suspects and interrogation is underway.
The modus operandi, as presumed by the police, is that the cash van left the offices of the security company at Lower Parel with four employees, including the main suspect who was the guard. On the way at Worli, the guard asked his three colleagues to stop the vehicle at Worli under the pretext of some work. Later, he brought tea for his colleagues – the tea was spiked with sedatives. As they fell asleep near Parle, a car came and blocked the cash van, three accomplices came out from it, removed the cash and decamped with it along with the guard.