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Buster: the Springer Spaniel who found a weapons cache in Iraq

2003-03 Safwan, Iraq
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Buster was a British military Springer Spaniel who located a hidden weapons cache in Safwan, Iraq, in March 2003 and later received the Dickin Medal.

Safwan, Iraq

Public-source image related to Buster, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
Public-source image related to Buster, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

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Buster located a hidden weapons cache after repeated human searches had failed.

The archive records the practical detection work while avoiding a romantic view of war.

Buster is archived because animal detection work can prevent violence before it happens.

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