Heart wrenching photos are going viral this week showing the moment officers with the New York Police Department lined up to give a final salute to a police dog who was about to be put down.

On Monday, 20 officers lined up outside of Staten Island’s Rosebank Animal Hospital to salute Angel, a bloodhound who had spent years serving as a police dog. Just 4 years-old, Angel was diagnosed with cancer back in August, and though her chemotherapy treatments initially went well, she was eventually given just months to live.

“She was a trooper, man. She was strong,” said Officer Manuel Orellana, Angel’s human partner. “She’s gonna be missed. She was a good dog.”

Manuel explained that Angel lived with him at his home in Farmington, Long Island.

“Just me and her,” he said. “She was my woman.”

Angel was a talented police dog who helped the NYPD find missing children and hunt down criminals.

“[Angel] found a big-time perpetrator over a two-mile track,” Manuel recalled.

Lt. Richard Sanossian added that Angel was “a very good dog” with an “unbelievable nose.”

“This dog is tracking on asphalt in an urban environment, which makes it even harder,” he said.

When she wasn’t working, Angel loved to play just like any other dog!

“She’d always get herself into trouble,” Manuel said. “I have a garden in my backyard. I’ll go out there and she’ll have an eggplant in her mouth or a cucumber.”

#NYPD ESU #K9 is sad to announce the passing of 4 year old Bloodhound Angel after a brief fight with cancer. Angel seen here with her sister Liu Liu are both named in honor of hero Detectives Ramos & Liu who were tragically shot and killed in December 2014. #RIP pic.twitter.com/4evdVXZqFe

— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) November 5, 2018

We want to thank Angel for her service, and we hope that she rests in peace.