Cotulla residents want proper burial for K-9 officer
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An entire community is up in arms over the burial of a K-9 deputy. Ledger was killed when his handler left him in a parked car and was then buried without a ceremony in that handler\u2019s yard. Ledger’s death has had a huge impact in Cotulla, a small town in which had seen and met the K-9. They say they were outraged to learn that the sheriff’s department had waited weeks to inform the public, and even more outraged when the heard how Ledger was buried.On Thursday morning, Donna, a disabled K-9 veteran, was given a soldier’s sendoff. She was carried to spend her last moments in dignity. “I’m overwhelmed, I’m humbled,\u201d her handler said. \u201cI don’t think that Donna could ever be replaced.” That was in Bexar County. In LaSalle County, there was no such sight. Taylor Edwards, 16, has been collecting signatures ever since he learned his county lost a K-9, not in dignity, but in a hot car. “He is an officer of the law. He is officer ledger. And he deserves all the honors a human would receive,” Edwards said. Worse yet, he had to learn of Ledger’s death on his own.”I had no idea ledger had died. Honestly, I can’t say whether or not it was intentional, but it seems to me they intentionally did not want people to know of Ledger’s death,” Edwards said. Now the county is making its voice heard, with nearly 500 signatures and counting. The petition says that Ledger served as an officer and, like Donna, should be buried like one. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office said that they currently don’t have any protocol for burying K-9 deputies because, historically, they haven’t had any. The LaSalle County Sheriff released a statement saying, in part: “K-9 Ledger has been buried on private property in accordance with his handler’s wishes, and he has been buried with respect and with recognition of his value to the sheriff’s office. We are reassured that K-9 Ledger was buried with respect and honor, and that an American flag marks his final resting place.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cotulla residents want proper burial for K-9 officer K9 died inside hot car An entire community is up in arms over the burial of a K-9 deputy. Ledger was killed when his handler left him in a parked car and was then buried without a ceremony in that handler\u2019s yard. Ledger’s death has had a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-tx"],"yoast_head":"\n