Police academy in China plans to auction off ‘coward’ dogs who failed to qualify for the force
- Police dogs in China are trained intensively from a young age and need to pass examinations to qualify
- Some dogs are disqualified for ‘cowardice’, ‘small size’, ‘weak limbs’, and others for a lack of obedience
A police academy in China is planning to auction off police dogs who failed to qualify due to “cowardice” and “weak retrieving abilities”.
According to an official notice from the Criminal Investigation Police University of China this month, 54 dogs will be put up for public auction on July 7 at the academy.
An attached list from the academy showed that the dogs are mostly German shepherds and Belgian Malinois, which are commonly used to aid police work due to their agility, obedience and intelligence.
Most of the dogs were disqualified for “cowardice”, the list revealed; some for body strength, including “small size” or “weak limbs”; while others were eliminated for a lack of obedience, including “weak pickup and retrieving abilities”.
On auction day, videos of each dog will be shown to the public before bidding begins at 200 yuan (US$30.9). The highest bidder will be able to collect the dog on the same day.
“People who adopted these dogs will need to obey government laws on dog raising, and show responsibility to the dogs, they cannot sell or give away the dogs and need to care for them until their natural death,” the notice said.
