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PROBE INTO DOG DEATHS

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WEATHER: Two police dogs died in extreme heat

Saturday July 4,2009

By Darren McCaffrey

ANIMAL welfare experts yesterday pledged that there will be no cover-up over the two police dogs that died in an over-heated car.

The German Shepherds baked to death in a private car belonging to their handler outside Nottinghamshire Police headquarters.

They died on the hottest day in the area for three years.

The RSPCA can prosecute the unnamed “very experienced” officer. He will be questioned by RSPCA inspectors next week.

A spokesman said: “In cases such as these people have been prosecuted in the past. The same guidelines apply when it comes to prosecuting a police officer.”

Nottinghamshire Police are carrying out their own investigation into the deaths which caused an outcry from animal lovers.


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