Labrador evacuated from Ukraine finds a new life in the US as a police K9

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has disrupted the lives of millions of people, including animals. Many animals have been removed from their homes and left stranded in dangerous areas while many people are trying to get them to safety.

Fortunately, one of the dogs evacuated from Ukraine has found a new “leash for life” as a 9-K police in the United States.

Bruno, a one-and-a-half-year-old Labrador, was rescued and taken to Southwest Florida from war-torn Ukraine.

Bruno has been a globe-trotting traveler so far in his life,” Bruno’s new detective Harrison Williams told WINK News. “He came from Ukraine, his family left Ukraine when the Russian invasion happened.”

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Uprooted from his home due to the war, Bruno quickly recovered and found a new purpose:a German K-9 handler discovered the dog’s potential as a K-9 policeman and contacted the Fort Myers Police Department about a possible new recruit for the drug department.

“I said,’ This dog has some work drive; let’s see if we can put it to work, ‘” Detective Williams explained. “After a 10-hour flight from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he arrived at Miami International Airport, and I flew to Miami to pick him up.”

Bruno is currently being trained by the Fort Myers Police Department to be a drug detection dog. According to the Department’s Facebook post…, “Bruno will be one of the single-purpose drug detection dogs attached to our group’s Violence Intervention Unit.”

It’s a difficult job, but Bruno is ecstatic about his new position.

“He’s running inside the truck, eager to go,” Williams said with a wink

Bruno is safe and out of Ukraine, we wish him good luck in his new career as a 9 K Police!