Police dogs die in parked car (UK)

BBC News: Police dogs die in parked vehicle

Anybody willing to bet whether the perpetrators will actually get sentenced/fined?

there are two stories about this on the Nottingham Evening Post website. However, to prevent readers posting comments to the effect:

1. The police will get off scot free, or
2. They should be locked up

the comment option is locked. Suspicious?

I hate hearing about these sorts of incidents every summer. People often forget how quickly a car can heat up in just 15 minutes while standing in the sun. Please folks, never leave your dogs in the car during warm weather.

Or babies. I feel sorry for the dogs but I've read similar stories about babies and that is particularly distressing.

Perhaps the dog handlers were just being too careful about keeping the dogs secure in the car. I was out for a walk recently and noticed a police car which, judging from the picture of an Alsatian on the side, was from a dog handling unit. You couldn't see inside because it had blacked-out windows. It was an estate car and the boot was slightly open, so I kept my distance. But as I walked past, there was an uproar of barking which sounded as if it came from at least two slavering hounds in a very bitey mood. Thank god they weren't able to force open the rear door and I assumed (hoped) that they were tethered inside the car.

Two dead dogs = bad
One dead human = worse

Depends on the human...

It just begs the question: how could anyone be so stupid to leave dogs in a parked and closed car in summer?

Lorelei, a trained police dog is used to wearing a muzzle. There's no reason to use a hot car as a cage. And no properly trained police dog will indiscriminately bite people. I agree that the stories of dead babies hit me harder than those of dead dogs. The difference is that humans can sweat to cool themselves off. Dogs cannot sweat, and can only pant to try and cool down.

Regardless, I shall amend my warning to say "Please folks, never leave any living being in the car during warm weather."

Hot car dangers

I assume it's like it is in New Zealand-land where the dogs are in cages in the back of the police wagons, that way the doors can remain fully open to allow for ventilation.
Lots more humans than there are dogs, we can afford to lose more of them.

I guess it's the "I'll be back in a minute" bug...

I'd say humans were more important. As bad as animal cruelty and neglect is, the idea that animal life should actually take priority over human life seems a bit warped.

humans are animals. our capacity for pain and misery comes from our history as animals, therefore animal pain is just as tragic as human.

bet they were black

We're just animals after all..

Unless you're one of those types who believes in a big bearded man in the sky and virgin births and walking on water and so on..

And I agree with the other poster - there are too many people, we've run our course... At least animals are innocent.