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Elon reportedly orders government to stop feeding the bomb-sniffing dogs (futurism.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31058882

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26858906

Summary

A leaked TSA email suggests funding for bomb-sniffing dogs has been halted under Elon Musk.

The email states that vet visits, kenneling, and food are "put on hold" until further guidance.

TSA deploys over 1,000 canine teams, with training costing $33,000 per dog.

The funding freeze contradicts Trump’s "tough on crime" stance and coincided with the White House celebrating "K9 Veterans Day."

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[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 14 points 5 hours ago

I'm fine with defunding the TSA in any capacity. Useless garbage waste of money. Just let the handlers take the dogs home.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 33 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If one dog starves because the world's richest man denies them food, I can't be responsible for my actions.

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 6 hours ago

For real. Bad enough they turned them into narcs.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 3 points 4 hours ago

This sounds like the setup for a bad HFY story. We'll negotiate over all sorts of concerns, but if the aliens stay killing our dogs, we tend to get out the Geneva Checklist.