K9 Hero
Able
United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — Washington, DC
Duty related illness
Labrador Retriever
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
Labrador Retriever
Cause
Duty related illness
Agency
Department
United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Location
Washington, DC
Incident
K9 Able died of complications of being exposed to an unknown substance during an explosives detection training deployment in Dallas, Texas.
Following the exposure, he became ill and experienced renal failure. His condition worsened and he died as a result of complications 10 days later.
K9 Able had served with the ATF for five years and worked as an explosive detection canine.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.