Dog left in hot car for two and a half hours, dies
Salt Lake City, UT (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Jun 30, 2005
County: Salt Lake

Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Adult

A man was cited for animal cruelty after he left his Labrador retriever mix for about 2-1/2 hours inside a vehicle parked with no shade and the windows rolled up. The man went to visit his father, then decided to go to lunch and forgot about his dog. Police received a call that the dog was inside the vehicle thrashing around, which meant the dog was probably having a seizure. When an animal control officer arrived after 1:45 p.m., the dog was already dead.

Every day, Salt Lake County Animal Services gets about three to six heat-related calls of animal cruelty or animals in distress, said an agency spokeswoman.

References

• Salt Lake Tribune - July 12, 2005

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