Formerly Abused Rescue Dog Now the Star of Homeland Security's 'Beagle Brigade'
Yvonne Petty remembers how pitiful Murray looked when her volunteer group, Alcovy Pet Rescue, found the beagle in a kill shelter in north Georgia. He’d been picked up as a stray after someone cut part of his right ear and part of his tail off. Then three years old, he was also very skinny.
“He was in such bad shape, but he was friendly and outgoing and you could tell he had that drive to hunt,” Petty tells PEOPLE
That drive to hunt made Murray perfect to join the Beagle Brigade – a team of 115 beagles that work with Homeland Security across the U.S. screening passengers and luggage to sniff out illegal cargo — like meat and produce that have been smuggled into the country. Almost all of the dogs in the Beagle Brigade are rescues, just like Murray.
Aaron Beaumont works at the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Detector Dog Training Center and is in charge of training all the dogs. He remembers when Murray first came in and says, “Even though he’d clearly been mistreated, Murray still trusted people and was bright and just loved being around people.”
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Makes me feel better just looking at them...
