TIM THE UNEMPLOYED GERMAN SHEPHERD GETS HIS JOB BACK AS SNIFFER DOG

(CNS) After two weeks of unemployment, a German shepherd named Tim is
back on the job this week, ready to be sent back inside the largest
high school in Quebec's Laurentians, north of Montreal, to sniff for drugs.

Tim began his work at the high school on April 11. On April 25, his
duties were suspended after a Supreme Court of Canada judgment
imposed new restrictions on the use of sniffer dogs by police. After
a close reading of the high court judgment, the school board in
charge of the school has decided to reintroduce Tim and some of his
fellow German shepherds.

Remy Tremblay, secretary-general of the school board, said the
Supreme Court ruling applied specifically to police dogs, not dogs
such as Tim who work at arm's length from law-enforcement agencies.
As a result, the board contends that use of non-police sniffer dogs
is legal in schools.