Following the Oct. 14 incident in which a Columbus police K-9 died, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking the Columbus Police Department to eliminate the K-9 unit.
In the meantime, PETA is asking CPD to retire the police dog Havoc, who was injured during the summer in a separate incident.
The letter asks CPD to end its use of police dogs, pointing to two incidents in four months:
- Police dog Havoc was shot during the summer.
- The death of a newly acquired K-9 that attacked its off-duty handler this month.
The national animal rights group made the request in an Oct. 16 letter from Allison Fand;, manager of special projects in the PETA Cruelty Investigations Department, to Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis. PETA spokesperson Sara Groves emailed the letter to the Ledger-Enquirer…