Police Spot Cancerous Tumor on Explosive Detection Dog’s Jaw—Then a Few Friends Step up to Help

Police Spot Cancerous Tumor on Explosive Detection Dog’s Jaw—Then a Few Friends Step up to Help
Courtesy of Bensalem Township Police Department
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He was raised for dangerous duty from the tender age of 9 months. Now, 7-year-old Asko is well versed in the art of explosive materials detection, sniffing out bombs and bomb components, working alongside the Bensalem Police Department.

Asko is, of course, a police dog. After his half-dozen years serving the Pennsylvanian township of Bensalem, gratitude for the K9 officer’s devotion was shown by locals in animal health—they operated to remove a growth which was discovered under the German shepherd’s jaw last Memorial Day.

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