K9 Tundra – Maine

Died -3/23/20
Handler – Game Warden Jeremy Judd

Retired Game Warden K9 Tundra Passes

It is with great sadness that we write to you regarding the passing of retired Game Warden K9 Tundra. Beginning in 2009 and retiring last year with 10 amazing years of service, “Tunny” located 22 people during her career. Her handler, Game Warden Jeremy Judd, first got Tundra as a hunting dog but quickly realized her potential as a K9 for tracking and evidence detection. Warden Judd and K9 Tundra quickly became a team with a reputation for success. K9 Tundra and Warden Judd received K9 Search and Rescue Case of the Year in 2011 and 2015. K9 Tundra assisted in countless other game warden fish and wildlife cases locating critical evidence that significantly aided case prosecutions. Warden Jeremy Judd and K9 Tundra received the first annual North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association’s (NAWEOA) 2019 Loyal Partner Award for both their lifesaving search and rescue efforts and achievements in fish and wildlife conservation law enforcement. Furthermore, K9 Tundra and Warden Judd received the 2011 Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s Iron Dog Award, a multi-agency competition awarding the K9 team found to be most successful in evidence detection for that year. Perhaps K9 Tundra’s best-known find took place in 2015 and was captured during an episode of Animal Planets North Woods Law. It was during that episode that Tundra and Warden Judd located and saved an elderly man with dementia who was found lying in a brook fighting for his life. Another career highlight took place in 2016 when Tundra “threw” the ceremonial first pitch for the Portland Sea Dogs during North Woods Law Night.Please join us in celebrating K9 Tundra’s life and service to the Maine outdoors and her people. You will be deeply missed by the Maine Warden Service and by the Judd’s, her proud family. On behalf of the Maine Warden Service…thank you and goodbye, Tundra.

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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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