Hero combat dog killed by coward hit and run driver

Canine veteran killed by vehicle
IN EAST HELENA
GERMAN SHEPHERD HAD TWO TOURS IN IRAQ, 10 SECRET SERVICE MISSIONS
Independent Record
By SANJAY TALWANI
October 4, 2013

A retired military dog with two tours in Iraq and experience with the U.S. Secret Service was killed Monday in an apparent hit-and-run outside East Helena.

Natz, a 7-year-old German shepherd, had just retired from the military in May after five years in explosives detection.

“This was a very special dog, an incredibly special dog.” said his owner, Rachel Weidner. “He protected a lot of people.”

Monday morning in the predawn hours, Natz got loose — for the first time ever — from his home on Old U.S. Route 12 just east of East Helena, said Weidner. He had the appropriate identification tag, she said.

She and her husband searched for him, and she eventually left for work but returned a few hours later, around 8 a.m., to find a lengthy splatter of blood and some of Natz’s fur on the road about 300 feet from her home.

She contacted local police and learned that his remains had been taken to the Lewis and Clark Humane Society.
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