NEW YORK - Colombian smugglers turned puppies into drug mules by surgically
implanting them with packets of liquid heroin, authorities said.
Ten puppies, including Labrador retrievers, were rescued during a 2005 raid on a
farm in Colombia, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Wednesday, while
announcing more than 30 arrests.
A veterinarian had stitched a total of 3 kilograms of heroin into the bellies of six pups. Three died from infections after the drugs were removed.
The surviving dogs "are still alive and well, we're told," said John P. Gilbride, head of the DEA's New York office.
Colombian police said they adopted three dogs, one of which was being trained to sniff for drugs.
How terrible is this! I have no words to describe the sickness I feel right now after reading this. When I watch the movie Maria Full of Grace, I thought "Well, this is bad, but these women and men make a conscious decision to do these things, and they are aware of the consequences. It sucks, but that's life." these animals are given no choice! Sick and wrong.
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However, it is deliciously ironic that one of them is now being turned against the very people that were abusing it.
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