After 9 years of service to the Cheltenham community, K9 Odie, CTPD’s explosive detection canine will retire from duty.
After 9 years of service to the Cheltenham community, K9
Odie, CTPD’s explosive detection canine will retire from duty. K9 Odie will enjoy retirement in the company
of his handler and his family.
The CTPD, through a matching grant provided by
the American Kennel Club (AKC), is submitting for a grant to cover the costs
associated with replacing K9 Odie. The
AKC is promoting the AKC REUNITE program. As the nation’s largest non-profit pet
microchip and recovery service, their mission is to keep pet microchipping and
enrollment affordable, with no annual fees, so more lost pets can find their
way home.
Since 1995 AKC microchips, collar tags and
24/7/365 recovery experts have helped reunite over 500,000 lost pets with their
owners. Over nine million pets (35+ different species!) are enrolled with AKC
Reunite. It is their mission to provide quality products and services that
ultimately protect and reunite pets with their owners and prevent pets from populating
our nation’s shelters. Please check out
their website www.akcreunite.org and consider signing up your pet for
this program.
As a 501c3, the
AKC has given back over $9 million to support working K9s and pet disaster
relief efforts.
As part of their mission, the AKC is providing $7,500 to an
agency who can raise $2,500 to promote the AKC REUNITE program. For this, we need your help. Please help us raise $2,500 to replace Odie and keep our K9 unit strong!
All donations can be made payable to "Cheltenham
Township" and sent to the Police Department at 8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park
PA 19027. PLEASE PUT K9 UNIT IN THE MEMO
LINE.