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Missing Retired K-9 'Haso' Found Dead a Half-Mile from Home, Criminal Investigation Underway

by Western Journal
May 2, 2022 at 5:35 pm
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A community in West Valley, New York, came together recently when a retired K9 from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office went missing.

Haso, a German shepherd, was retired in 2020 after New York legalized marijuana, according to The Buffalo News. The dog was responsible for multiple busts and saved at least eight people’s lives during his time on the force, Erie County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Lundberg told the News.

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Lundberg, Haso’s handler when the dog was on active duty, adopted him when Haso was retired from Erie County Sheriff’s Office. Together, they lived in neighboring Cattaraugus County, on the edge of hundreds of acres of woods.

Occasionally, Haso would explore the local area and had a penchant for chasing small woodland critters, but he was always back for breakfast.

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Haso took off after some small animal and disappeared into the forest on April 25. Lundberg wasn’t too concerned until he didn’t show up the next morning, and by Wednesday, April 27, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office shared a post to alert locals of the missing dog.

Lundberg and volunteers spent the next couple of days searching the area on ATVs, leaving out items of Lundberg’s clothing and setting up trail cameras. A local dog search group helped out as well, though Haso was an accomplished tracker himself and shouldn’t have had a problem finding his way home.

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The entire time, Lundberg said he had two fears regarding his dog’s fate: That Haso was stuck somewhere or that he was dead.

On Friday, April 29, Haso’s body was found at around 4:30 p.m. about half a mile from his home after the Erie County Sheriff’s Office received a tip, The Buffalo News reported. He had only been 8 years old.

After an investigation, officials announced that Haso had been shot by a local farmer who mistook the dog for a coyote.

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“That individual claims to have been defending other animals on the farm,” according to the report by WKBW.

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office said no charges will be filed in connection with the case.

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“On behalf of Deputy Lundberg and the entire Erie County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Garcia wants to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and efforts to locate retired K9 Haso,” the Erie County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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