<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Police Dogs Die In Hot Cars : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Police Dogs Die In Hot Cars : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-24T07:30:31+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Police Dogs Die In Hot Cars]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126631/1/" /><id>126631</id><summary><![CDATA[Police Dogs Die In Hot Cars]]></summary><issued>2009-07-03T20:30:38+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-03T20:30:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In the wake of the heatwave that swept Britain these last few days has lead to two police dogs left in a car dying of heat exhaustion.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Are police dogs given the same ...]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T13:20:38+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T13:20:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/126631/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>maven</b>&#160;:&#160;So people in the states are charged with animal abuse/cruelty for this...Will the handlers be charged?  Are police dogs given the same status as a human officer for something like this?</i></div><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529936,00.html?test=latestnews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chances are</a> that they will face prosecution.<br/><br/>It's often said of the UK that animal abuse (provided it's the right type of animal) will provoke more outrage than child abuse.<br/><br/>Just as an example to underline this, the RSPCA was founded 60 years before the NSPCC.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[maven @ 7/4/2009 12:10:23 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/126631/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>491711</id><summary><![CDATA[I know, that's what I was asking.  In the US, if someone hurts/kills a police dog they are charged the same as if they went after a human police officer. I was wondering if the same was true in the UK. Human cops make a choice, the dogs don't understand th...]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T12:10:23+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T12:10:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I know, that's what I was asking.  In the US, if someone hurts/kills a police dog they are charged the same as if they went after a human police officer. I was wondering if the same was true in the UK. Human cops make a choice, the dogs don't understand the risk they take, they don't sign up.  They deserve it!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[drogue @ 7/4/2009 7:10:19 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/126631/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>491673</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/126631/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>maven</b>:So people in the states are charged with animal abuse/cruelty for this...Will the handlers be charged?  Are police dogs given the same status as a ...]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T07:10:19+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T07:10:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/126631/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>maven</b>:So people in the states are charged with animal abuse/cruelty for this...Will the handlers be charged?  Are police dogs given the same status as a human officer for something like this?</i></div>They're given awards, like human officers, they work in the same arenas along with human officers.  They ought to be afforded the same protection as we give to our &quot;less-weighted&quot; human counterparts (children), and not left in a vehicle to die from heat exhaustion.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[maven @ 7/4/2009 12:12:39 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/126631/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>491636</id><summary><![CDATA[So people in the states are charged with animal abuse/cruelty for this...Will the handlers be charged?  Are police dogs given the same status as a human officer for something like this?]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T00:12:39+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T00:12:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[So people in the states are charged with animal abuse/cruelty for this...Will the handlers be charged?  Are police dogs given the same status as a human officer for something like this?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bingo @ 7/3/2009 9:53:42 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/126631/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>491603</id><summary><![CDATA[You would certainly think a dog handler would know better.]]></summary><issued>2009-07-03T21:53:42+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-03T21:53:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[You would certainly think a dog handler would know better.]]></content></entry></feed>