K9 Hero
Mina
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol — Washington, DC
Animal related
Belgian Malinois
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
Belgian Malinois
Cause
Animal related
Agency
Department
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol
Location
Washington, DC
Incident
K9 Mina succumbed to a rattlesnake bite sustained the previous day while she and her handler were searching for a group of illegal aliens along the railroad tracks near the intersection of Carriers Drive and I-35 Frontage Road in Laredo, Texas.
She was walking in and out of tall grass when she sustained two bites from a rattlesnake. She was transported to an emergency veterinarian where she passed away the following morning.
K9 Mina had served with the United States Border Patrol for four years.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.