2026年2月24日 / 美国东部时间下午6:17 / CBS新闻
美国国防部监察长办公室发现，在2021至2023财年间，有4只军用工作犬因被安置和训练在”老化且不合格的犬舍设施”中而死亡，不过美国空军对这些死亡是由于疏忽造成的说法存在异议。
空军发言人表示，尸检确定其中一只狗死于严重支气管肺炎，另有三只死于肠外致病性大肠杆菌性肺炎。发言人指出，尸检并未将死亡归咎于疏忽。
但空军同意报告中的总体建议，即增加军用工作犬的看护人员数量，并制定计划升级所有犬舍设施。
上周发布的监察长报告中发现，军用工作犬项目未能持续保护处于非训练状态的狗狗”免受极端天气条件和犬舍霉菌问题的影响，也未能妥善管理隔离区”。
（无日期）：美国国防部工作犬在德克萨斯州安东尼奥拉克兰联合基地TRS犬舍设施中表现出压力行为，伴随水桶问题。美国国防部监察长办公室
调查人员访问了12个设有犬只项目的不同军种基地，包括北卡罗来纳州的布拉格堡。在那里，他们发现其中一栋建筑的”灯具、天花板 tiles和设备室”存在霉菌。另一栋建筑因霉菌滋生已被关闭。
除了全国范围内老化的设施外，调查人员还发现德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥拉克兰联合基地的约200只狗狗——这些狗狗都要在这里接受初始训练——因看护人员短缺而未能获得所需的足够身体和社交活动。
报告发现，这些狗狗本应每天获得5小时的体能、社交和认知丰富活动，但实际每周仅被遛约10分钟，且次数不足四次。
调查人员重点关注处于”非训练状态”的狗狗，即不等待部署、有医疗处置或因训练不合格被淘汰的狗狗。
总体而言，处于训练状态的狗狗获得”充足”的体能和社交活动。在现场访问时，该单位有大约230只处于非训练状态的军用犬。
空军发言人表示，五角大楼在全球182个地点共有超过2200个工作犬团队，并向州和联邦机构提供犬只。
监察长建议空军部长减少训练中队的狗狗数量，直到有足够的看护人员提供适当照顾，同时应制定计划升级犬舍设施以符合当前国防部标准。
调查人员称，圣安东尼奥拉克兰联合基地的狗狗表现出”持续转圈、跳跃、啃咬金属水桶和过度发声”等行为，这些都是缺乏体能和社交活动的迹象。它们还出现了热应激的身体症状，”包括急促喘息、舌头肿胀和耳朵后缩”。
（无日期）：暴露在周围天气条件下的户外犬舍设施中的国防部工作犬。美国国防部监察长办公室
训练中队告诉调查人员，他们缺乏提供5小时体能活动所需的人力，但确实尝试通过”充气玩具、有声读物、音乐和带香味的泡泡机”提供一些丰富活动。调查人员认为这并不足够。
针对这些建议，空军负责后勤的副助理参谋长表示，该项目现在允许训练中队雇佣更多军用工作犬看护人员，并将减少处于”非训练状态”的狗狗数量。
4 military working dogs died because of “unsatisfactory kennel facilities,” Pentagon watchdog finds
February 24, 2026 / 6:17 PM EST / CBS News
Four military working dogs died between the 2021 and 2023 fiscal years because they were housed and trained in “aging and unsatisfactory kennel facilities,” the Defense Department inspector general found, although the Air Force disputes the deaths were the result of neglect.
An Air Force spokesperson said autopsies determined one of the dogs died of severe bronchopneumonia and three died due to extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli pneumonia. The autopsies did not attribute the deaths to neglect, the spokesperson said.
But the Air Force concurs with the overall recommendation in the report to increase the number of caretakers for military working dogs and to develop a plan to upgrade all of the kennel facilities.
The inspector general in a report published last week found the military working dog program did not consistently protect dogs in non-training status “from extreme weather conditions and kennel mold issues, or manage quarantine and isolation areas.”
Undated: DoD dog displaying stress behaviors with its water bucket, TRS Kennel facilities, Joint Base Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Defense Dept. inspector general
Investigators visited 12 installations of different service branches with dog programs, including North Carolina’s Fort Bragg, where they found “mold in the light fixtures, ceiling tiles, and equipment room” of one of the buildings. Another building was closed because of mold growth.
In addition to the aging facilities around the country, investigators found a group of about 200 dogs at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, in Texas — where all the dogs undergo their initial training — did not receive the required amount of physical or social activity because of a caretaker shortage.
Instead of the five hours of physical activity, social, and cognitive enrichment that are required for the dogs each day, the report found the dogs were walked for about 10 minutes, four times a week, or less.
The investigators focused on dogs that were in “non-training status,” meaning they are not awaiting deployment, have a medical disposition, or are in a rejected-from-training status.
In general, the dogs that are in training status receive “sufficient” physical and social activity. At the time of the site visit, the unit had about 230 military dogs that were not in training status.
In total, the Pentagon has over 2,200 Working Dog Teams across 182 locations worldwide and provides dogs to agencies at the state and federal level, the Air Force spokesperson said.
The inspector general recommended that the secretary of the Air Force reduce the number of dogs at the training squadron until there are enough caretakers to provide adequate care, and also said a plan should be developed to upgrade the kennel facilities so that they meet current Defense Department standards.
The dogs at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland showed behaviors like “continuous spinning, jumping, chewing on their metal water buckets, and excessive vocalization,” according to investigators, that were signs of the lack of physical and social activity. They also showed physical signs of heat stress, “including rapid panting with enlarged tongues and ears swept back.”
Undated: DoD dog in open-air kennel facilities exposed to ambient weather conditions Defense Dept. inspector general
The training squadron told investigators it lacked the manpower for the required five hours of physical activity but did try to provide some enrichment through “inflatables, audio books, music, and scented bubble machines.” Investigators said this was not sufficient.
In response to the recommendations, the Air Force assistant deputy chief of staff for logistics said the program now is allowing the training squadron to hire more caretakers for the military working dogs and would reduce the number of dogs in “non-training status.”
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