On September 5, 2025. K9 Cooper from the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department in Ohio died in an unmarked car.
The four year old Labrador Retriever was a drug detection dog. Nearly four years on the job with the drug unit. Good nose. Happy dog. Real partner.
His handler left him in the vehicle. Engine running. Thought the air was on. It wasn’t. No temperature alarm on the unmarked car. Nearly seven hours later Cooper was dead from heat exhaustion.
Preventable. Completely. The handler later pleaded guilty to animal cruelty. Got a slap on the wrist. Suspended jail time. Fine. Community service. Banned from owning new pets for five years. Internal discipline too.
Cooper didn’t get a second chance. These dogs trust us with their lives. When that trust gets broken this badly, it sticks.
A year later we still say his name. The failure that took him should never be repeated.
Rest easy, Cooper. You deserved better. We remember.
Carlos Jose Fernandez, 73, of El Paso just got charged again with animal cruelty.
On July 8 he dragged a two month old boxer mix puppy named Harmony across hot pavement, kicked her, choked her by yanking the collar until she couldn’t breathe, then stuffed her in a shopping bag.
Vet found burns on all four paws and a fractured rib.
This is not his first time. He has prior animal cruelty convictions. One in 2015. Another in 2024 where he got five years suspended.
They keep giving him chances. The dogs keep paying the price.
Charge him. Convict him. Put him away for real this time.
H/t El Paso PD / KFOX14
K9 Georgia baked to death in a Dade County patrol car on July 13, 2025.
Sweet bloodhound. Donated by a local family. Eleven months on the job in Trenton, Georgia. Handler went inside the sheriff’s office while the heat index hit 100 to 102. AC compressor quit. Heat alarm was already dead. She sat in that kennel too long and died of heatstroke.
Handler got fired on the spot. Case went to the DA.
This is basic failure. Broken gear and zero urgency cost a good dog her life. No excuses.
Rest easy, Georgia. You deserved better.
H/t Dade County Sheriff’s Office
Rangers were told to stay out of RiNo Art park due to a man waving a machete around but did citizens get any alert or notice other than from my account? NO.
Also… NO cars available due to a SHOOTING in the same district”
How… Vibrant.
🚨 There’s a man walking around with a machete right now at the brand-new, taxpayer-funded RiNo Art Park.
@denverpolice were called more than 20 minutes ago… still no officers in sight.
Hey @denversmayor this is exactly why Denver needs MORE police, not fewer.
Ashley Kratzer, previously charged with involuntary manslaughter after a 4-month-old died in her unlicensed daycare, is shown in multiple videos deliberately pouring liquid on infants while smiling.
This isn’t entertainment. It’s child abuse.