That happened in Britain on Sunday last week when a cop left two police dogs in his car on a hot day outside a police dog training centre in Kent and they literally boiled to death. The cop, of London's Metropolitan Police, was so distraught he attempted suicide.
Police dogs that died in baking car at training centre were 'left for six hours'Officer now in hospital after apparent suicide attemptBy Chris Greenwood
29th June 2011
Daily Mail
Slashed his wrists: Met Police Dog trainer Sergeant Ian Craven apparently attempted suicide after two dogs died in his care Two police dogs that died in a car on one of the hottest days of the year may have been left for as long as six hours, it emerged last night.
The Metropolitan Police is carrying out an urgent review after the deaths at its prestigious dog training centre.
Senior Scotland Yard officers have also ordered that animal welfare procedures are double checked across the force.
The two animals were left sometime after 5am on Sunday at the training centre in the village of Keston, Kent, by their handler Sergeant Ian Craven.
Deaths: The Metropolitan Police Dog Training Establishment in Keston, near Bromley in Kent, where two police dogs died from excessive heat He then travelled to the Olympic site in East London for a meeting – but did not alert kennel staff until he telephoned them at 11am, by which time temperatures outside the car had risen to 29c (84f).
Mr Craven, 49, one of the country’s most experienced dog trainers, could face prosecution for animal cruelty when an inquiry by the RSPCA is completed. He also faces an internal misconduct investigation
Both the Belgian malinois, Chay, a bomb detection dog, and Tilly, a five-month-old alsatian puppy, died despite being freed from the baking car and taken to an emergency vet.
Mr Craven remained in hospital last night after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act after apparently attempting to cut his wrists on an East London towpath.
The officer was told the dogs had died as he was driven back to the training centre on Sunday. He threw himself from the police vehicle and was found with wrist injuries after a police manhunt.
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