MA Senate Approves Bill to Allow EMTs to Treat Injured K-9s

First responders would be allowed to treat and transport injured police dogs to veterinary hospitals under a bill that was unanimously approved by the Massachusetts Senate this week.

Nero’s bill was named for the K9 partner of slain Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon, the Associated Press reports.

Gannon was fatally shot in 2018 while serving an arrest warrant. Nero was also shot, but because of current state law, EMTs weren’t allowed to treat or transport him.

Nero had to be rushed to the animal hospital in the back of a police cruiser and survived the shooting .