OHMIDOG! : Target remembered at candlelight vigil

Target, the dog brought to the U.S. from Aghanistan by one of the soldiers whose lives she was*credited with saving — only to be accidentally euthanized by an animal shelter*– was remembered in a memorial service last night.

The candlelight vigil was held at the Pima County Animal Shelter in Tucson.

In*Afghanistan,*Target, a stray*befriended by a group of American soldiers, kept a*suicide*bomber who was trying to enter a building on a military base from gaining access. Instead, the bomber instead set off his bomb in a doorway. Five soldiers were injured, several of whom credited Target with helping save their lives.

Phoenix soldier Terry Young brought Target back home to Arizona.* Last month, the dog escaped from Young’s yard and ended up in*at the Pinal County animal shelter in*Casa Grande, where she was accidentally*euthanized the next day. The employee responsible for the mistake has been suspended.

Young said his son, Tavius, and the rest of the*family is still working to get over the dog’s death, according to*KGUN9.

“It’s been a few weeks already and Tavius still says, ‘Where’s Target?’ It’s heartbreaking.”



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