Airport security dog shot by police in New Zealand

[Catherine]

A trainee airport security dog got lose at Auckland Airport in New Zealand at 4am. They were unable to catch him after several hours. His presence on the loose delayed many flights. Because there was so much money involved in delayed flights, the police were called in to kill the dog.


http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

They had no other choice, but to kill the dog? It is a dog. What could it possibly do....other than delay flights.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

People are very upset and so they should be. How could they not catch a dog? They were probably chasing him and scaring him. A calm person with a tasty snack could have lured the dog to them. It they had left him alone with his handler he might have been saved. Any other action would have been better than killing the dog.  They can't even pretend it wasn't done for financial reasons.

So Grizz the Airport Security Dog, who was training to work to make the airport a safer place, died because it was the most cost effective choice.