`Exhausted every option`Grizz was a 10-month-old trainee sniffer dog at Auckland Airport handled by the government`s Aviation Security Service (Avsec).
Image copyright Avsec Image caption The 10-month-old mixed breed was a trainee sniffer dogA security sniffer dog which escaped its leash and grounded flights at Auckland airport has been shot dead by police, triggering fury in New Zealand.
"We exhausted every option available and could not catch it," an Auckland Airport spokesman told the BBC.
Image copyright Facebook / Auckland Airport Image caption The incident has prompted a deluge of angry comments on the airport`s Facebook pageNew Zealand animal rights organisation Safe said it was "appalled about the needless killing of this dog".
An airport official said the decision to shoot the dog was a last resort.
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