from The Washington Post via Yahoo News!
How many dogs have government jobs? What about sea lions?
by Andrew Van Dam
Washington is going to the dogs – for real this time.
As of 2022, the federal government employed 5,159 German shepherds, Belgian Malinois, beagles, Jack Russell terriers and other forms of everyone’s favorite furry friend. Another 421 worked as canine contractors.
The job descriptions for these four-legged feds range from the sublime – 31 help “park rangers traverse Denali National Park in winter” – to the subprime: Others “detect waterfowl feces” infected with bird flu.