Indianapolis, Indiana – A two-year-old blind dog, entrusted to the care of the Indianapolis Animal Care Services facility, died from “severe heat stroke” during a recent kennel cleaning. The Great Dane, Stitch, was left “for an extended period of time” in the outside portion of his kennel during extreme heat.
Though the dog was given emergency veterinary care, but his condition could not be reversed, and he was humanely euthanized to avoid further suffering. IACS Director Amanda Dehoney-Hinkle tells Fox 59 News:
“Our entire team is devastated by the loss of Stitch. Our staff dedicate themselves every day to protecting and caring for the animals entrusted to us, which makes this incident especially heartbreaking.”
Staff was supposed to clean one side of the kennels at a time to prevent dogs from being left outdoors in the heat for too long. For some reason, the proper procedure was not followed. An investigation is underway.
Rest in peace Stitch.
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People suck
People are growing more stupid, careless, and just plain cruel daily. I pray the person who “accidentally” left this pup out in the heat for too long while supposedly cleaning his kennel gets their comeuppance quickly. It most assuredly does not take that long to clean a kennel that a dog would die while the process is being done. The piece of trash that let this happen had to have done so knowingly, which makes them a no-brainer for being taken out of society themselves permanently.
Poor pup, let down by the very people who should have protected him. I do hope the person responsible has been let go, and no reference for a new position looking after animals!
What’s the name of the careless idiot who left Stitch outside in the hot sun for so long? You mean to say that person won’t be held personally responsible? No firing or punishment at all ?