DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 130/10
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Sabi spends Anzac Day in Afghanistan
Sabi – the Explosive Detection Dog found last year after she went missing for almost
14 months in Afghanistan – is continuing her service with the Special Operations
Task Group personnel as their unofficial mascot.
A
labrador, serving with the Australian Army, Sabi will join her two-legged
colleagues for an Anzac Dawn Service in Afghanistan.
She is currently living at Camp Russell in Tarin Kowt, where she remains under the
care of Special Operations Task Group. She is a welcome and constant visitor to all
parts of the headquarters as she does her exercise rounds at Camp Russell on a daily
basis.
A veteran of two tours of Afghanistan, Sabi received a special honour by meeting the
Governor General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, during her recent visit to
Afghanistan.
A veterinary assessment of Sabi’s exposure to diseases is yet to be completed. If tests
prove negative, Sabi will return to Australia, following a period of quarantine in an
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service-approved country.
Australian Forces in Afghanistan will commemorate this Anzac Day with a traditional
dawn service and gun-fire breakfast.
New and archive images of Sabi available for download at
Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: (02) 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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