Daily Record of Dunn
DUNN, N.C. – A depressing diagnosis led Dunn City Council members to approve the early retirement of its last K9 on the Dunn Police Department force June 9. Another K9 is on the way with the approval of a recent grant, but K9 Max will be missed as his brothers and sisters in blue pray for his recovery from a tumor growing closer to his brain.
“K9 Max has developed a tumor in his head and it’s not survivable at this time,” Dunn Police Chief Lynn Gay told the council at its June 9 meeting. “So the best course of action — and we’ve run all the scenarios, is to just retire him medically and let him sort of live in peace with the handler, where he’s currently at, until the cancer kind of takes over.”…