Land Mine Detection Dog
"Wyoming"
NAME: Wyoming
AGE: female born on 9/23/01
BREED: Belgian Malinois
HANDLER: Pradee
SPONSORS: Diana Enzi and the CHAMPS Wyoming
kids
WORKING IN: Sri Lanka, Jaffna penninsula
FUN FACTS:Wyoming completed training
at the Global Training Academy (GTA) in Somerset, Texas, and began
working “sniffing mines” and saving lives in Sri Lanka
in 2004. Since then he has worked diligently, along with
11 other Marshall Legacy Institute donated Mine Detection Dogs,
in the Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka.
Wyoming and Pradee have a close bond and work incredibly
well together. Pradee say’s that Wyoming is
loyal and hard working but most of all is a warm and affectionate
friend.
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