K9 Bina – Lephalale, South Africa

Died – 2/24/24

Sniffer dog killed by python snake

Limpopo police commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has paid tribute to a top narcotics detector dog who was killed by a python in Lephalale on Saturday. According to police, the Belgian Shepherd named Bina, was killed in her kennel by a python on Saturday.”Bina was seven years [old] and trained at the Roodeplaat Dog School [in] Pretoria, in June 2019 as a narcotics detector dog. She established herself as one of the top dogs in SAPS Lephalale K9 and assisted in solving drug-related cases in Limpopo,” police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said in a statement. Just before her death, Bina had also helped in the arrest of three suspects in Lephalale, found with crystals, nyaope, and methcathinone, known as the Cat, worth around R75 000.Meanwhile, Hadebe said Bina’s death is a big loss to the K9 unit and the province as a whole.”These dogs have the ability to go into places that an ordinary human being would not be able to; they have the ability to detect incriminating items or items with evidential value just by using their senses,” he said.”They are certainly part of the SAPS family. Rest well, Bina.”Her body was taken to a vet at the Roodeplaat Dog School for a post-mortem.

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James A. Cortina has been involved with police dogs since 1972 and currently on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Jim has been appointed as Treasurer since its inception in 1991. Jim is one of the charter members of the C.P.W.D.A. organization. Since 1975 he has been a certified professional dog trainer and received his Master Trainer Certification in 1985. During his career he has provided armed K-9 strike crowd control for security agencies in Connecticut and out of state security companies. In conjunction with other members of the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Board of Directors, he helped to draft Connecticut Statute 53-247(e) "Intentional Injury or Killing of Police K-9" which was passed by the Senate in 1993 and also assisted in implementing the prestigious Daniel Wasson Memorial K-9 Award in 1992. In 1993 he helped coordinate the North American Police Work Dog Association Nationals in New London, Connecticut. He was appointed Training Director for the New London County Work Dog Association from 1985-1987. He performed decoy work for Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. in police K-9 demonstrations, trained several local police department canines, and coordinated training workshops for out-of-state police departments. He participated in the United States Police K-9 Association Trials in Croton on Hudson, New York in 1985 as a decoy. He is an avid photographer and received photography awards in 1989, 1990, and 1991 and currently takes photographs for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.
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