TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DAVE CLARK " US-LANDMINES-LEBANON-OFFBEAT-ANIMAL"
Astra Joan, a mine detection dog from Lebanon, sniffs inert samples of various mines, during a demonstration in Washington, DC, October 20, 2015. A day trip to a crowded State Department office full of unfamiliar faces and smells might have upset some dogs, but then Astra's day job is itself pretty terrifying. The seven-year-old German Shepherd mine-clearance expert ignored the defused weaponry arrayed on the conference table, but perked up when box of donuts was opened. Over the past five years she and her handler, Lebanese army sergeant Ahmad Solh, have scoured the battlefields of Lebanon for land-mines and unexploded bombs. Named by sniffer dog charitable foundation the Marshall Legacy Institute as the champion mine-clearers of the year, they came to the US capital to promote their work. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
在华盛顿为一条狗授勋并非寻常之事。
来认识一下阿斯特拉·琼(Astra Joan)。她今年7岁，在黎巴嫩工作。她是马歇尔遗产学会（Marshall Legacy Institute，英文缩写MLI）2015年度探雷犬(2015 Mine Detection Dog of the Year)。
