A police dog handler who left his two German Shepherds to die in the back of his sweltering car was yesterday handed a six-month conditional discharge after being found guilty of animal cruelty.
Pc Mark Johnson was also ordered to pay £2,500 towards the RSPCA’s costs after he was convicted of unnecessarily confining his dogs “in an environment that was detrimental to their well-being.” But he was not disqualified from keeping animals and still looks after a black Labrador sniffer dog called Dash, that is trained to find explosives.
During his day-long trial, Nottingham Magistrates’ Court heard Johnson arrived at work with 18-month-old Jay-Jay and Jet, seven, as well as Dash on June 30, one of the hottest days of last year.
Johnson put Dash in the kennels and planned to move Jay-Jay and Jet into an air-conditioned police car.
But he got distracted and set about attending meetings and completing paperwork at Nottinghamshire Police’s headquarters in Arnold, just north of the city.
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I have calculated for my dog, Emma, the amount of times I have done things with her and for her. I am basing this on my oldest dog, Emma, who is 13 1/2. My apologies to the other two, you’ll be featured in another missive, I’m sure.Let Emma in and out (a modest estimate of four times a day)– 80,136 times.
Feeding her – 4,927 times.
Patting her/scratching behind her ears – (a very modest 15x a day) 75,127 times.
Hugging her – (again, a very modest 3x a day) 15,025 times.
Refilling/cleaning water bowl – 3x a day, 15,025 times.
