Missouri Police Officer Charged in the Death of His K-9 Partner
A Missouri police officer has been charged in the June death of his K-9 partner.
Lt. Daniel Zeigler of the Savannah, Missouri, Police Department — a town of about 5,000 in the far northwest part of the state, about 60 miles north of Kansas City — was charged Friday with one count of animal abuse in the death of a German shepherd named Horus, KTVI reported.
According to the report, the dog died of heat exposure after Zeigler left it in his police vehicle after his overnight shift ended at 5 a.m on June 20.
“One witness described seeing the deceased K-9 officer in the yard near the police vehicle that evening and described Zeigler ‘flipping out’ and yelling in disbelief that he thought he had brought the K-9 in at the end of his shift,” the station reported,
