CBS3 Pet Project: Young Boy Starts Nonprofit To Provide Ballistic Vests To Police Dogs
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- On this week's CBS3 Pet Project, Carol Erickson, an animal advocate with the PSPCA, discussed service dogs and how a boy started a nonprofit to help out police dogs. She said a 12-year-old boy named Brady started a nonprofit called "Brady's K9 Fund" to provide ballistic vests to police dogs across the county.
Erickson said that Brady was inspired to start the nonprofit after a police dog was stabbed during an arrest and almost died.
"We can all be of service to our police dogs and are other working dogs like this because they're out there helping the police trying to keep neighborhoods safe as well," Erickson said.
Erickson added that therapy dogs are also very helpful, especially at de-stressing situations.
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