GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Animal rights group PETA is asking the Grand Rapids Police Department to replace its police dogs with technology after a K-9 was stabbed on duty on Saturday, May 30.
The K-9, Digo, suffered a stab wound to the head while trying to apprehend a man who was later shot and killed by police. The man has not been identified as of Tuesday.
“Digo is not the only K-9 who has been injured in the line of duty, but he’s among the few who have survived,” PETA organizers wrote in a letter to interim Grand Rapids police Chief Joe Trigg. “Unlike their human counterparts, K-9s do not sign up to risk their lives.”…