PASCO COUNTY, Fla — K-9 Phi may not be what you picture when you think of a K-9 deputy.
He’s not an intimidating attack dog. He’s an adorable yellow lab that searches for missing people.
That’s exactly what he was doing when he was bitten by a water moccasin Thursday in the Everglades. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that Phi was given antivenom and he’s expected to make a full recovery.
Phi was assisting the FBI in its ongoing search for missing baby Andrew – the infant who hasn’t been seen since his father was accused of murdering his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother in South Florida.
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