Sabi Spends Anzac Day In Afghanistan

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.

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