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Des Moines police dog dies, abandoned in officer's vehicle
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Source: KCCI
August 30, 2012
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darsavmo
10 months ago
10842 Comments
No excuse for this, no dog should be left unattended in a closed vehicle for any extended length of time regardless of air conditioning, fans, etc. All departments need to create and enforce w/o excuse policies on protecting police dogs and especially on leaving dogs in cars. This has happened way too often and all these deaths or near deaths were preventable...
IowaNinersFan
10 months ago
8178 Comments
I hope so Scjohnk. I have friends working for that agency and hopefully they will shed some light into this tragic incident. Have seen their K-9 unit patrol vehicles and they are well-equipped with fans and A/C units for the dogs. Just not sure which vehicle this pup was in since he was working with the undercover officer.
Jonas
10 months ago
38530 Comments
Very sad.
Scjohnk
10 months ago
164 Comments
This is the second type K-9 death in a short while. Hopefully it was a mechanical problem with the vehicle and not the Officer's fault. that's alot of guilt to carry.
IowaNinersFan
10 months ago
8178 Comments
Temps have been in the high 90's the past few days. What a tragic story! RIP K-9 Harley.