Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-23
PARIS POLICE DOGS ARE
TERROR TO MALEFACTORS

''S w NV III lltlC4t titt
t tnleN.s made Il bid for liberty which
might have proved successful if Lion
mad not been on the scene. They sue
ceeded in breaking away from their
captors, but Lion a Immediately UNI
leashed end led then chase. A hundred
yards das. brought him up to the fugi-
tives. who. finding nips on the leg un-
pleasant. stopped running to defend
themselves and gave the police time to
effect the second arrest.
Encouraged by this first success. the
founders OF the police-dog force turned
their attention to Gentilly, a region
then infested with bad characters.
-Four Gogs. Lion, Tick. Petit Loup and
Iouave. effected no less than 1875 arrests
IN six months.
i rough characters. who had but
little fear of other mon. seemed terror
lied by the presence of dogs, and in
most cases surrendered without show
ing fight.
Lion, the first members of the police
dog force. and perhaps one of its mos;
famous ones. met with an unfortunate
death in 1908. when he was run over
and killed by n train.
Work Done BY Dog Club.
So satisfactory was the work done by
the first detachment of the Paris -olice
dog force that the originators of the
movement, with a view to facilitating
the recruiting and training of dogs.
founded the Clu du CHEN de Police. de
Garde-Chasse ct de Douanier.
This club took as it's Headquarters
No. 3S Ruc des Mathurins and founded
a central kennel at No. 81 Rue du
C~hevaleret. Subsequently the kennel
was taken to new quarters at Caren-
ton, Ibis quai de Bearcy.
Much hostile criticism was direct
&c against the club at the start, par
tlcularly because it bought nearly all
Its dogs abroad instead of making use
of French breeds. such as the Brie and
Beauce. To this the club replied that
It's main object, to begin with, was
to make rapid progress. For this rea-
son G~roeneneael or Mechlin dogs and
certain German breeds which also bite
easily were bought. These We're then
crossed With French dogs. with a view
to obtaining a breed which would conf
blne the sagacitv and remarkable scent
OF the French %sheepdog with the fero-
city of the foreign races.
A great deal of trouble was expert
enced. however. in breaking these dogs
into attacking and biting only when or
dered to do so. Today all these difficult
ties have been overcome. and the
French police has at it's disposal "a
picked force of dogs, admirably trained
for the work which is asked of them.
Moreover. within the next three or
four Years the club will have trained
a great umbe of watch dogs, espe-
Tally bred for protecting the chateaus,
villas, town houses and the parks of
country residences.
Dogs Put End to Pcachina.
h results obtained by the use in
the police service of animals furnished
to the authorities by the Club du Chen
de Police inspired the heads Of the
club with the idea OF training dogs to
put a stop to p~oaching-that is to say,
to teach the animals to rae a poach-
er, to arrest him and to attack him
III he shows any Inclination to make
use of his gun.
In this task also the clubs efforts
We're rowne with success. the dogs
showing particular aptitude for the
work. Today these 'anti-poaching''
dogs are trained to attack the arm
holding the gun. just as police dogs
holds a weapon. be it a knife, revolver
or stick. In this N the poacher
is disarined.
He drops his gun in his endeavor
to free himself and the dog keeps
watch over both mar and gun, taking
good care that the man does not re-
cover possession of the weapo until
the gamekeepers arrive on the scene.
The dog will not hesitate to leap at
the poacher's throat il he tries 10 pick
UP his gun.
For the poacher these anti poach-
Ills WIGS dIG DIS IeQOuDIdDl0 as the
police dog for the apache. The duty
is not without risk. however, for the
dogs n several of the faithful and
intelligent animals nave ~succuynbed to
the bullets OF poachers. Thus the death
last year of Capia. a fine Mechlin dog,
which was shot by three poacl,ers while
defending h gamekeeper, who had
been surprised in an ambush in the
department. of the LOiret, may be cited.
During this year Toto. a GrOenendael
In the service of Marquis de Lagrange'e
head g~amekeeper. received two bullet
wounds while mounting guard over a
captured poacher. Unlike his less for
to recovered from his wounds.
: Many Good Deeds.
Numerous and varied are the in.
!, stances OF conspicuous service rendered
/ by the police dogs to the Paris police
force. Some of the more striking Ell
amples OF canine bravery and intelli-
gence may be mentioned.
. On the night Of June 5. 1903. Mons
Hamard, chief of the detective depart.
ment, accompanied by detectives and
: policemen. made q raid on a low wine
Y shop known as 'L'Angelus." in thu rue
\ Montorgueil. No fewer than 72 sus-
t pected persons and men wanted" on
various charges were found there.
3 The a OF removing them to iaf]
was not an easy one. but thew were
g formed into columns Of fours and with
q police dog as escort on either fianL
We're marched to the rue des PROVERBS
q police station without incident,
= OAK q Capitaine. two we'll known
: Paris police dogs, were called upon for
? service at q fire on the evening al
June II. 1903. The Are had broken out
3 at q cabinet makers in the avenue ID
Cltchy, and the crowd which collected
was 30 dense that the fire brigade was
: unable TO approach.