Brown County Sheriff's Office K9 Mattis is battling what officials are calling "serious" medical issues, Jan. 17, 2024. (Photo courtesy: BCSO)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Brown County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 has died after a three-day battle with “serious medical issues.”
Officials announced the death of K9 Mattis “with the heaviest of hearts” on Facebook Friday evening.
On Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Office posted that Mattis “fell ill quite suddenly” over the weekend and was taken to Madison, where he had been “receiving advanced medical care.”
A sincere thank you to the staff at Madison Veterinary Hospital who worked tirelessly to help Mattis overcome illness. Our thoughts and prayers to Deputy Dennis and his family. Mattis will be greatly missed by his Brown County family. Rest easy Mattis, we’ve got it from here.
Mattis and his handler, Deputy Nick Dennis, comprised one of Brown County’s six K9 teams. Mattis was a dual-purpose Belgian Malinois born in 2016 who specialized in patrol and narcotics detection.
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