Batman the cancer research dog heads for the big kennel in the sky
Categories: Animals, Notable MN
Batman the dog, whose 2008 brain cancer treatment at the University of Minnesota is credited with improving our understanding of how to treat the disease, has died. Pneumonia likely took the a 10-year-old German shepherd mix, researchers told KARE. His treatment has already been made available to other dogs. In the long run, it may also help humans.
All dogs go to heaven
Batman certainly would have died sooner had it not been for the treatment. And in a 2008 Strib story, his owners, Anna and Eric Baker, said there was an added benefit:
Because it's part of a federally funded cancer research trial, the Bakers are spared a $6,000 to $9,000 vet bill for surgery and painful radiation that might have done their dog as much harm as good."He was always the most popular member of our family," said Eric Baker, 45. "Now he's the most popular and the most famous."
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