City bids farewell to long-serving police dog who died of cancer after decade of serving and protecting<\/p>\n
Longtime Natchez police dog Arko died last month at approximately 14 years of age after a long battle with cancer and other ailments associated with old age, said Natchez Police Chief Walter Armstrong. \u201cWe knew his days were numbered because of his age,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cHe was suffering some severe hip problems and also suffering from cancer. Therefore, he was pretty much semi-retired during the last several weeks because of that.\u201d Armstrong said Arko, a German Shepherd, who was on the force for approximately 10 years, died peacefully. \u201cHe will be dearly missed because as a police dog he is just like an officer,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201cWe are without a K-9, and we are certainly in dire need of one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
City bids farewell to long-serving police dog who died of cancer after decade of serving and protecting Longtime Natchez police dog Arko died last month at approximately 14 years of age after a long battle with cancer and other ailments associated with old age, said Natchez Police Chief Walter Armstrong. \u201cWe knew his days were …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-7576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ms"],"yoast_head":"\n