In Oak Forest, cook County, Illinois, service dog Drago has died after he was left locked in the patrol car.
It happened in a forest preserve, Forest Preserves. As the Director of public Affairs Forest Preserves, the officer was interrogating the suspect. The day temperature in Oak Forest reached 33 degrees Celsius.
«We are heartbroken over the loss of dogs-police Department police cook County,» reads the statement of the Forest Preserves. «Our main mission is to protect wildlife and animals, and we are very serious about the incident. Now conducted an investigation into the incident.»
After Drago was found in the car, he tried CPR, but to no avail.
Drago served as a K-9 (service dog) for three years. In April, he found the missing resident with dementia.
