On March1st, Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, a dog handler with the British Royal Army Veterinary Corps, was killed in Afghanistan. Less than 24 hrs later, his springer spaniel Theo (a bomb sniffer), died from a seizure. Their bodies were repatriated to the UK on 10th March 2011.
The full story is at Fox News, here:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/10/uk-army-dog-died-broken-heart-1606316739/
