Cambodians hold religious ceremony for death of landmine detection dog

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun May 26, 2019 11:46 pm

Cambodians hold religious ceremony for death of landmine detection dog
Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-26

PHNOM PENH, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Staff at the Cambodian Mines Action Center (CMAC) have held a religious ceremony for the death of a landmine detection dog, CMAC's Director General Heng Ratana said on Sunday.

"The female dog named DIA died of cancer on Saturday," he told Xinhua. "A religious ceremony was held for her and she was buried in Kampong Chhnang province."

DIA was born in 2012 in Bosnia and was brought to Cambodia in 2014, Ratana said, adding that she had worked and cleared 14,400 square meters and found 52 cluster bombs.

Last year, she delivered 10 puppies, he said.
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AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Mon May 27, 2019 12:57 am

It's a shame the dog had a short life, and it's a pity, due to what it was trained to do and help the peaple have a safe environment.
It surprised me to here the dog died of cancer. I was expecting to read it got blown up. But even more so that they can give a cause for the animal, but if the dog was humen it would have been writte, dog dies of heart attack.