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Nero Retires After Guarding The Gates

Dogs are amazing creatures and in some cases, they work as hard as humans and are trusted with great responsibility.  A security canine called Nero guarded the security gates at NASA for seven months, but has now had to retire for medical reasons.

Nero is a black Labrador retriever and was a rescue dog.  He was adopted by Canine Interdiction, who train dog teams to detect bombs and drugs.  Trainer Greg Globus trained Nero for six months before the five year old Labrador started working at NASA.

Nero checked around 150 vehicles every day to sniff out bombs.  Unfortunately, this week was Nero’s last week of guarding the security gates as he is being retired for medical reasons because he suffers from epilepsy.

His trainer Globus said:

“For the short time he has been here … he has made friends really fast.  A lot of people care about him and are sad to see him go.”

A lady from the Badge and Pass office, Angela Dyke agreed:

“We all love him”

Like many beloved dogs, Nero made a lot of friends and gained the friendship of the security guards and personnel.

Nero will now retire and return to his original handler from Canine Interdiction, as another of man’s best friends takes over his job of guarding NASA’s security gates.