Half of 367 drivers report this in a new alarm report, which P4 Göteborg reports on.
300 units of the new pickup trucks were purchased in 2019, since the dog cage in the previous car was too small, according to the requirements of the Board of Agriculture. But dog drivers are now testifying that the cages in the new cars are like "roaring isolation cells". "Pure and simple animal cruelty", was one of the alarms in the dog drivers' report.
It is the dog driver who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the dog does not come to harm, says Jerker Lavesson, head of the National Police Dog Service.
If it is dogs that are coming to harm due to this, then you start approaching other legal issues such as "animal cruelty", then it is up to the individual dog driver to make the decisions, not to put their dog in that, he says.
The Police Authority will now try to rectify the cages. In the worst scenario, dogs may also have to be taken out of service, according to Lavesson.
