A French police dog credited with sniffing out 1,700 drugs suspects was decorated with a medal for bravery and dedication at a ceremony in France’s southwestern city of Bordeaux last Wednesday.
Aldo, a Belgian Malinois sheepdog, has been behind 1,700 arrests since he started working for the Bordeaux police department in 2006 — almost one a day — and 475 arrests this year alone.
“Aldo is a police dog with an absolutely remarkable career,” said Aquitaine department prefect Patrick Stefanini.
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Regional public security official Pierre-Marie Bourniquel said that less than a dozen police dogs had been decorated in France.
Aldo’s handler Didier Hude did not receive a medal.
(AFP)
一隻成功嗅探出一千七百名毒品嫌疑犯的法國警犬,上週三在法國西南部的波爾多市的一場儀式,因勇敢與奉獻而被授予一枚勳章。
馬利諾牧羊犬(狼犬)阿爾多,自從二○○六年開始在波爾多警局工作至今,已在一千七百起緝捕案中立功。幾乎是一天一起案件,並且單單今年,就已在四百七十五起緝捕中建功。
亞吉丹省警察廳長派翠克‧史蒂芬尼尼表示:「阿爾多是一隻有超凡工作表現的警犬。」
當地公共安全官員皮耶─馬里‧布尼蓋爾表示,在法國,不到十二隻狗被授予勳章。
但阿爾多的訓犬師狄迪耶‧悟德未獲勳章。
(法新社/翻譯:林亞蒂)
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