Show dogs die after being placed in van
June 24, 2009 11:30:00 am
- Associated Press
ARNOLD, Mo. — An investigation continues following the deaths of seven St. Louis-area show dogs.
Jefferson County authorities were called Tuesday to a home in Arnold. Sheriff Glenn Boyer says the 24-year-old custodian of the dogs had returned home from a show in Iowa and planned to put the dogs in kennels in the garage.
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But because of the heat, she decided to leave the dogs in portable kennels in a van. She says she placed six electric fans in the van, left a door open, and left windows partially open.
The custodian says she checked on the dogs at 4:05 a.m. and they appeared fine. But when she checked again at 6:30 a.m. they were in distress. She drove the dogs to a veterinarian.
The cause of death has not been determined.
The dogs had different owners. An eighth dog survived.
