Crime Fighting Duo Faces Toughest Challenge: Saving K-9 Partner's Life -- Latest Update; Delaware State Police Dog to Undergo Radiation Treatment at VCA Veterinary Referral Associates.

WHAT:           Delaware Law Enforcement Officer Marc Russell and
                his K-9 partner Titan have been presented with many
                life-threatening situations in the four and a half
                years they have spent together fighting crime in the
                state. Now during the holidays, they are faced with
                their most challenging fight -- the battle to save
                Titan's life. Diagnosed with angiomatosis, which is
                characterized by an abnormal growth of blood vessels
                in Titan's nose that obstructs his ability to breathe,
                the German Shepherd is now undergoing specialized
                radiation therapy five days a week at VCA Veterinary
                Referral Associates (VCA VRA) in Gaithersburg,
                Maryland. Russell, who became the proud father of a
                new baby girl last week, maintains a hectic work
                schedule and has been making the two-and-a-half hour
                drive each way, every day, to help Titan get the
                specialty veterinary care he needs to survive.

                VCA VRA is a specialty referral facility that serves
                the Greater Washington, D.C. area and houses 14
                specialists, three residents, three interns and highly
                trained technical and administrative support
                personnel. Media will be able to interview and
                photograph Eric Boshoven, DVM, Marc Russell and Titan
                for an update on the K-9's progress and initial
                response to treatment.

WHEN:           Tuesday, December 21, 2004
                1:00 p.m. Comprehensive update on the evaluation,
                treatment and prognosis for Titan will be provided.

WHERE:          VCA Veterinary Referral Associates
                15021 Dufief Mill Road
                Gaithersburg, MD 20878

WHO:            Eric Boshoven, DVM, Diplomate, ACVR, VCA
                Veterinary Referral Associates, Delaware Law
                Enforcement Officer Marc Russell and K-9 partner
                Titan.

Note to Editor: Meet K-9 Titan and observe his state-of-the-art
                radiation treatment procedure. Photographs and video
                permitted. Interviews and photographs are available
                upon request. Please coordinate with the media contact
                for all arrangements and requirements.