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**AllAdobeOEMSoftDownload** · 07-22-2009, 02:13 AM

Report: Police Dog Tore Up Car Before Dying From Heat

LA/SPCA Condemns K-9's Death

POSTED: 4:34 pm CDT July 21, 2009
UPDATED: 6:55 pm CDT July 21, 2009

NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans police dog that was left in a locked car tore the inside of the police cruiser to shreds before collapsing and dying of heat exhaustion, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission.

Primo, a Belgian Malinois, died on May 27. The crime commission released photos of the inside of the police car on Tuesday.The necropsy report for Primo showed that the dog's body temperature was 109.8 degrees once he got to the hospital.Investigators said Primo had been locked inside the car with the windows rolled up. By the time the dog got to an animal hospital, it was too late. He suffered three seizures and died, the report says.

New Orleans police are conducting an administrative investigation into Primo's death. But the district attorney is being asked to turn it into a criminal probe after the Metropolitan Crime Commission demanded further investigation.

Primo and another dog named Bo were inducted into the NOPD K-9 unit in 2004. A woman raised $11,000 to purchase the canines.New Orleans police representatives said there are safety measures in place on police vehicles in case the vehicle shuts off. It's not clear whether those measures were used on the vehicle with Primo.The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals called the animal's death a crime that could have been prevented.

"It's shocking that these deaths would be occurring because of the close relationship between the dog and police that has typified the New Orleans Police Department K9 unit in the past," said Ana Zorrilla, CEO of the LA/SPCA. "This is a crime of cruelty to animals that could have and should have been prevented. The Louisiana SPCA actively supports the New Orleans Police Department and Metropolitan Crime Commission's investigations into these dogs' deaths."

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AllAdobeOEMSoftDownload Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	NOLA-Police Dog Tore Up Car Before Dying From Heat Report: Police Dog Tore Up Car Before Dying From Heat LA/SPCA Condemns K-9's Death POSTED: 4:34 pm CDT July 21, 2009 UPDATED: 6:55 pm CDT July 21, 2009 NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans police dog that was left in a locked car tore the inside of the police cruiser to shreds before collapsing and dying of heat exhaustion, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission. Primo, a Belgian Malinois, died on May 27. The crime commission released photos of the inside of the police car on Tuesday.The necropsy report for Primo showed that the dog's body temperature was 109.8 degrees once he got to the hospital.Investigators said Primo had been locked inside the car with the windows rolled up. By the time the dog got to an animal hospital, it was too late. He suffered three seizures and died, the report says. New Orleans police are conducting an administrative investigation into Primo's death. But the district attorney is being asked to turn it into a criminal probe after the Metropolitan Crime Commission demanded further investigation. Primo and another dog named Bo were inducted into the NOPD K-9 unit in 2004. A woman raised $11,000 to purchase the canines.New Orleans police representatives said there are safety measures in place on police vehicles in case the vehicle shuts off. It's not clear whether those measures were used on the vehicle with Primo.The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals called the animal's death a crime that could have been prevented. "It's shocking that these deaths would be occurring because of the close relationship between the dog and police that has typified the New Orleans Police Department K9 unit in the past," said Ana Zorrilla, CEO of the LA/SPCA. "This is a crime of cruelty to animals that could have and should have been prevented. The Louisiana SPCA actively supports the New Orleans Police Department and Metropolitan Crime Commission's investigations into these dogs' deaths." Report: Police Dog Tore Up Car Before Dying From Heat - New Orleans News Story - WDSU New Orleans
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