In this Monday, Aug.26, 2013 photograph, Sri Lankan
policemen walk with sniffer dogs as they hold a wedding ceremony of nine
pairs of police dogs in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka police have
apologized for holding a wedding ceremony for sniffer dogs after the
country's culture minister condemned the event and demanded an
investigation. The dogs dressed in shawls, hats and socks were placed on
a decorated platform like those used in traditional weddings in the
ceremony Monday, part of a breeding program. They were later driven away
in a decorated police jeep for their "honeymoons."
AP PHOTO
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan police apologized Tuesday for holding a group wedding for dogs trained to detect explosives and drugs after the country's culture minister condemned the event and demanded an investigation.
Nine pairs of police sniffer dogs dressed in shawls, hats and socks were placed on a decorated platform like those used in traditional Buddhist weddings in the ceremony Monday in the central town of Kandy.
Their marriages were registered by an official in the presence of a crowd of veterinary surgeons, medical doctors, top police officers and the public.
Local television showed the dog couples later being driven away in a decorated police jeep for their "honeymoons."...Continue reading...
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