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TIL until the enactment of Robin’s Law in 2000, retired military working dogs were routinely euthanized, b/c the dogs were classified as equipment & were thought to be unable to adjust to civilian life. The law is named after a military handler who tried to adopt his dog before it was euthanized.

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