The dogs were found dead Friday after the air-conditioning to the back of the truck apparently failed. The truck was parked at a Quality Inn in Roseland, where a handler was staying for the weekend while the dogs participated in the AKC show at the county fairgrounds.
The handler, Cortney Corral Morris, of Wellington, Ohio, told police she found the dogs dead when she went to check on them after resting in her hotel room for about two hours.
Corral said she had used the air conditioning the previous two days with no problems. On Friday, police found a circuit breaker in the truck had tripped, cutting power to the air conditioner.
The AKC is conducting a separate investigation, which it plans to conclude by Thursday, and has suspended Corral from AKC services and events. AKC committees will decide how long the suspension should last and whether to levy any fines, a spokeswoman said.
(South Bend Tribune - July 27, 2016)
Earlier:
- Indiana: Fourteen dogs die in hot truck while under Cortney Corral Morris's care
- Ohio: Wellington Twp. kennel operator Cortney Coral Morris suspended by American Kennel Club
- Ohio: Lorain County kennel, Lakesyde Kennel owned by Cortney Corral Morris, under investigation after 14 dogs die in back of hot truck in Indiana
- Indiana: AKC officials reviewing case of Cortney Corral Morris and the death of 14 dogs left locked in truck
