Sirius, one of Singapore's first cadaver detector police dogs, given a hero's farewell

SINGAPORE – A Facebook post commemorating Sirius, one of Singapore’s first cadaver detector dogs, has been making its rounds online after animal welfare activist Mr Derrick Tan posted it on Thursday (April 7).

The German Shepherd was one of the first dogs trained in the mid-2000s to pick up the scent of human remains, Mr Tan, who is the founder of Voices for Animals, said.

Sirius was in the care of animal day-care centre Sunny Heights for the past few years.