Demand for probe into death of police dog Zara over £12,000 vet bill
dailyrecord.co.ukAnimal campaigners are demanding a full investigation into why a young police dog was put down over a £12,000 vet bill. The Sunday Mail revealed that PD Zara was euthanised in December after Police Scotland deemed the cost to repair her broken pelvis was too high.
The two and a half year old German Shepherd had worked as a general patrol dog for the force but was injured after running into traffic while on a walk with her handler near Inverness.
Now charity the Thin Blue Paw Foundation has written to Chief Constable Jo Farrell calling for an explanation over PD Zara’s death.
Sources with knowledge of what happened said she stood a good chance of recovery with surgery and may even have been able to return to work provided she didn’t have nerve damage.
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