Pubdate: Wed, 14 May 2008
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2008 Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nationalpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
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TIM THE UNEMPLOYED GERMAN SHEPHERD GETS HIS JOB BACK AS SNIFFER DOG

(CNS) After two weeks of unemployment, a German shepherd named Tim is 
back on the job this week, ready to be sent back inside the largest 
high school in Quebec's Laurentians, north of Montreal, to sniff for drugs.

Tim began his work at the high school on April 11. On April 25, his 
duties were suspended after a Supreme Court of Canada judgment 
imposed new restrictions on the use of sniffer dogs by police. After 
a close reading of the high court judgment, the school board in 
charge of the school has decided to reintroduce Tim and some of his 
fellow German shepherds.

Remy Tremblay, secretary-general of the school board, said the 
Supreme Court ruling applied specifically to police dogs, not dogs 
such as Tim who work at arm's length from law-enforcement agencies. 
As a result, the board contends that use of non-police sniffer dogs 
is legal in schools.
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