Canada ends 55-year Banff search dog program

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Banff National Park, a search and rescue dog program that began in the early nineteen seventies has been ended, after fifty-five years.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorParks Canada served notice on October twenty-first, as part of cutting about five hundred full-time positions, and a spokesperson called it a difficult decision.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, so who made the difficult decision? The dogs weren't consulted.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNot to my knowledge. One newly trained dog had graduated only days before the program was scrapped.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDays. That's a onboarding email and a pink slip.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOpponents say one dog tracked one hundred fifty-six people and located fifty-seven missing people in seven years.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA petition opposing the cut gathered five thousand five hundred signatures in its first two days.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo days. Nobody gets that for a petition. Usually it's for a puppy photo.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorParks Canada says rescues will continue through trained personnel, procedures and partnerships. Notably, none of the partners has a nose.