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Sadie: the Labrador who detected an explosive device in Kabul

2005-11 Near United Nations headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan
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Sadie was a black Labrador military working dog who detected a second explosive device near the UN headquarters in Kabul in November 2005.

Near United Nations headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan

PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating Sadie’s award; this is not a photograph of Sadie. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
PDSA Dickin Medal image indicating Sadie’s award; this is not a photograph of Sadie. Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

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Sadie detected a second explosive device after an attack near the UN headquarters in Kabul.

The archive marks the medal image clearly as award-related rather than a dog photograph.

Sadie is archived because some rescue work is measured by harm that never happens.

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