Commentary;
On Shabbos, this blog picked up a war headline story that the IDF prevented a terror attack. I remember reading many years ago that former IDF Chief of Staff Raful Eitan had authored fictional stories about the contributions of IDF trained dogs.
Today, this author received more detailed information on this incident from a Koolanoo.com blogger named Ora who posted the item below on her blog in order to help the Jewish Legion to raise funds to train more such kanines;
Arab terrorists invaded an IDF base in Gaza, two days ago. The fleeing Arabs were detected, with the help of “Britney”
, an IDF attack dog, as she searched for and detected one of the terrorists, waiting in ambush in a large sewage pipe. Britney was killed in the line of duty, but saved countless Jewish lives by revealing the position of the terrorist. When the terrorist shot Britney, his position was revealed to the IDF troops who killed him without sustaining any injuries to our soldiers.In Israel there exists a unique civilian defense canine unit that breeds and trains these attack dogs and makes them available to volunteer handlers and to Israeli security personnel. It is a complex yet vital task to ready these dogs for service. These dogs and handlers are dedicated to saving Jewish lives by patroling to prevent terrorist invasions and by responding to similar terrorist attacks in progress.
To View some footage taken at a recent training exercise click on the following link: Voice of Judea: Dog Training
Volunteers who wish to learn how to operate such dogs and who are willing to volunteer in Israel or others who wish to sponsor such dogs and training are welcome to email: JewishLegion@aol.com for more info or to send a generous contribution to Klavim LHaganat Yisrael PO Box 6592 Jerusalem, Israel.
The cost of raising and training a patrol dog and handler costs in excess of 5000 dollars. Please help us in our ongoing war against murderous terrorists.