K9 Fargo’s handler speaks about Fargo’s Law protecting K9’s

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – A bill aiming to protect those special animals serving our community has become law.

Fargo’s Law significantly stiffens the criminal penalties for harming or killing law enforcement K-9s and horses.

Curtis spoke with Richland County deputy Sgt. Warren Cavanagh, the handler of the law’s namesake K9 Fargo, who was killed in the line of duty in 2011, & Sally Foster, Executive Director of the SC Sheriffs’ Association about the importance of the new law.

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