Update
PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - One of Plettenberg Bay’s four-legged crime fighters, Kira, is healing well after being attacked by another dog during fitness training about two weeks ago and will soon be ready to resume her duties.
Plettenberg Bay Crime Prevention Association (PBCPA) operations head Otto Olivier earlier explained that Kira, a German shepherd, was on a leash, doing fitness training when another dog, which could not be controlled by the owner, attacked her.
Kira sustained multiple injuries and could therefore not participate in duties or training for three weeks following the attack.
No people were injured during the incident, but the matter has been escalated to Bitou Law Enforcement.
Olivier said this week that Kira's recovery was going well and that the dog was doing "much better". It is yet to be determined whether she suffered any other trauma.
Kira, who was donated to the PBCPA to bolster the organisation's crime-fighting efforts, joined the PBCPA K9 unit in 2019 when she was only five months old.
She is a purpose-bred tracking dog and joined the unit's Zeus and Blackie.
She was donated to the PBCPA following the success they had with Blackie, a rescue dog turned tracking and apprehension dog.
While Blackie and Kira are tasked with tactical work, Zeus excels in sniffing out drugs and is also used in search and rescue efforts.
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