Handler was responsible for 12 dogs, who died of heatstroke in his overheated car

There should be a clear punishment by FCI for a handler or owner who let dogs die in a hot, overheated car.Instead of it, this man is going to judge Junior handlers this same summer here.. What an example for young dogloving girls and boys! Especially as it did not happen the first time – altogether more than 20 dogs, who were not his own ones.

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Tea Haapasaari

Like · Reply · 3 July at 11:54

 

Indie Picasso Shocking!!!! Is this the final to choose the Junion Handler of the year to represent their countrey in Crufts 2017?

Like · Reply · 3 July at 12:51

 

Jean Johnson Crazy he has been allowed to have anything to do with dogs. Especially as i gather from post this is not a one off mistake

Like · Reply · 3 July at 13:08

 

Ken Goebel Have not heard the story yet-what happened

Like · Reply · 3 July at 13:36

 

Doris Margret Duewel The (long term) Italian handler left a number of dogs of different breeds in a car in sunshine. When he came back, all except one were dead. And this happened earlier to him.

Like · Reply · 3 July at 13:40

 

Anni Salminen Disgusting !!

Like · Reply · 3 July at 14:10

 

Anni Salminen Perhaps showorganizer could replace him? It would be clear message for him – unacceptable behaviour will be punished.

Unlike · Reply · 1 · 3 July at 14:11

 

Doris Margret Duewel replied · 1 Reply

Margaret Korsakova Doris, sorry, but you describe wrong this terrific situation with Italian dogs and well-known handler. He has never left this pure dogs in the hot car. That was special car for traveling with dogs for long distance with air condition system, that works…See more

Like · Reply · 1 · 3 July at 18:47

 

Doris Margret Duewel Margaret, I am in dogs since fifty years and never happened that to me before. Even, if this handler had all machines nicely working, it would have been his HUMAN DUTY to be with his dogs. Especially as they were not his own ones. If your description w…See more

Like · Reply · 4 · Yesterday at 00:09 · Edited

 

Rebecca Jamieson When this incident occurred I’m pretty sure they were doing an investigation as to why the dogs had died, some believed there had been foul play at hand. I am sure this gentleman had been cleared of any wrong doing.

Like · Reply · 1 · Yesterday at 01:36

 

Doris Margret Duewel I am waiting, that FCI is clearing this accident, as there is no doubt of the death of a big number of dogs because of heatstroke. These were dogs given into the custody of this Italian handler by their owners.

Like · Reply · Yesterday at 07:42 · Edited

 

Doris Margret Duewel Authorities have stated after investigation, that all dogs died of heatstroke and insufficient oxygen reply. This is THE OFFICIAL RESULT!

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12 dogs died of heatstroke due to lack of oxygen in handler’s overheated car

Taken from Fabrizio Manni’s homepage: Mystery as 12 Dogs Die in Hotel Car Park

Posted By Dog World-UK

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TWELVE dogs being transported to a show in Italy by a professional handler have died in the vehicle while it was parked outside a hotel.

Fabrizio Manni had completed the six-hour drive from his home to Rende, and had checked the dogs twice, exercising them and replenishing their water. He returned three hours later and found all but two had died, including his own Whippet. Of the two still alive, one died later.

Mr Manni and his daughter left his home in Teverina at 10am on Friday delaying his start to allow them to exercise so he would not have to stop en route; there were roadworks which, he said, made it difficult to do so in addition to a lack of suitable spots.

He reached the hotel at 4.15pm where he met some friends and let the dogs out of the vehicle. He changed their water, reloaded the vehicle and looked for a space to park it at the hotel.

“I found a cool place almost in front of my room,” he said in a statement on Facebook. “We checked in, put our bags in the room and went down to take the French Bulldog from the van and put him in the room, due to the breed’s breathing problems.

“That was the last time I saw the dogs alive and in perfect health.”

In his room, he said, he received a call from someone who wanted him to have a look at his dog, and arranged to meet him in the car park at 6.15pm

“We did so and he had parked his car next to my truck,” Mr Manni said. “We talked for about 20 minutes about 50 meters from the van under the eyes of all.

“Neither I nor the many people who were in the parking lot noticed anything strange. Some people I know well were half a metre from my truck and they did not hear or notice anything.”

But after dinner, at 7.50pm, he opened the vehicle and found that all but two of the dogs had died and the other two – a Bedlington Terrier and a Weimaraner – were having breathing difficulties.

Put to sleep

“I immediately asked the staff at the front desk to call the police,” Mr Manni said. “They said that without a health authority request they could not intervene.

“We called three different vets but no one was available to come.”

Then he said he remembered that a judge who is also a vet, Dr Ferdinand Asnaghi, was to be at the show. He phoned him and he arrived quickly. The Weimaraner was taken to the vets but had to be put to sleep.

Mr Manni said the water containers in the truck were still full and that subsequent tests showed a loss of blood from the mouth which, he said, did not suggest heatstroke or suffocation. He added that although it was 27 degrees Celsius that evening, the ventilation system was working correctly.

He began to contact the dogs’ owners to tell them what had happened, and the following morning gave a statement to the authorities. Post-mortem examinations on ten of the dogs were due to take place. Blood taken from the dogs showed they may have eaten something poisonous, he said, and that they were not the victims of heatstroke. The air conditioning in the truck had been working, he said. A police investigation is continuing.

He said he had decided to ‘make public’ what happened out of respect for the dogs’ owners and for all those who had supported him.

Mr Manni said he was doing all he could to help the authorities.

“I send my condolences to all the owners of the dogs who died,” he said.

He told DOG WORLD he was unable to comment further at this stage.

Dog World-UK