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Police dog died after about 12 sweltering hours in cruiser, cop charged because alert system designed to prevent hot car deaths was off: AG

by John Jefferson
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Savannah, Missouri, police K9 Horus (Savannah Police Department).

Prosecutors in Missouri charged a police officer with misdemeanor animal abuse for allegedly leaving his K-9, Horus, in his scorching cruiser after an overnight shift.

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed the charges against Savannah police Lt. Daniel Zeigler on Friday, records show. A probable cause arrest affidavit says Zeigler and Horus completed their overnight shift shortly before 5 a.m. on June 20. Zeigler called Savannah police Chief David Vincent shortly before 6 p.m. to tell him Horus had died of heat exposure, authorities said. Prosecutors noted the high temperature that day reached 88 degrees.



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