K-9 BRUNO

Career Stats: This is K-9 Bruno. Bruno recently retired in Madisonville,Tennessee after serving with the US Border Patrol in Blaine, Washington from 2014-2021. There he helped locate illegal narcotics and concealed humans trying to be illegally smuggled in and out of our country via ground, aviation, and maritime transportation. Bruno had a very successful career, but now that he is retired, all costs associated with his medical care is the responsibility of his handler. We at Project K-9 Hero are honored to be assuming that financial burden and spread awareness of our mission to assist heroes like Bruno. 

During retirement, Bruno got a surgery done at the Animal Emergency and Speciality Center of Knoxville, TN. Bruno’s handler had to make an initial deposit of $2,954.24, for an estimate that ranged from that amount and $8,024.92. We had Bruno's handler submit a program application to our nonprofit, and it was approved immediately. We were able to have Bruno's handler’s deposit fully reimbursed, and we placed our PK9H card on file for 100% of the charges to help save K-9 Bruno’s life today. At the time of the approval, Bruno was given a 30% chance of survival, but he still pulled through and went home a few days later.