K9 Cheetah – Kosapet, India

Died 9/17/15
Handler – C. Dhanasekaran

Fort City Dog Squad Loses Its Veteran Sniffer to Cancer

After serving for almost seven-and-a-half years in the Police Dog Squad, the German Shepherd, Cheetah, breathed her last on Thursday after suffering from cancer for over two months. The was laid to rest with full police honors on the premises of the Sniffer Dog Squad at Kosapet in the Fort City. Cheetah was inducted into the squad on April 14, 2008 when she was merely a little over a month-old. She underwent six months training in the department’s training centre for sniffer dogs in Chennai. Cheetah had put in a distinguished service with it being deployed in over 150 murder and theft cases, including the sensational murder of Hindu Munnani leader Vellaiyappan. “Cheetah was like my daughter. I am going to miss her forever,” said her handler C Dhanasekaran. He said she fell sick in the month of July. The veterinarian examined Cheetah suspecting that she was suffering from cancer. Cheetah was taken to the Madras Veterinary College Hospital in Chennai, where the doctors detected that she was suffering from breast cancer. “She underwent surgery on July 27 in Chennai and the doctors removed he tumor, but her health did not improve,” said SI of Police (Dog squad) Varadhan. With the demise of Cheetah the strength of the squad has been reduced to three. “It will double the workload of two-and-half year-old Simba, the other sniffer dog trained in crime. The unit has two other dogs – Tiger and Loosie – both experts in explosives detection,” said Jerald Wilson, handler of Simba.

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Submitted By Jim Cortina

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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