Pets left in hot cars is a grave problem, says shelter chief medical officer - AL.com
In a period of just five days last week, an Alabama police dog died after being forgotten in the back seat of a patrol car at a conference in Gulf Shores, and two other pups were rescued alive after spending seven hours in a hot truck in... "It's a serious problem,'' said Dr. B. J. Cash, chief medical officer for the Alabama Shelter Veterinarians. On Sunday, June 14, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies rescued two small dogs from a truck where inside temperatures reached 130 degrees while their owner sold lemonade at Barber Motorsports Park. A Jefferson County sheriff's sergeant was working at the Triumph Superbike Challenge on Sunday when track security officers notified him there was a green Ford F-250 parked next to the bathrooms that had two dogs inside and unattended. Workers told the sergeant they heard the dogs whining, looked inside the truck and spotted them on the floorboard. The temperature outside was 89 degrees, and the estimated temperature inside the pickup was 130 degrees, according to court records. Both dogs looked distressed, were panting heavily, and appeared to be lethargic, the report said. The doors to the truck were unlocked, so authorities removed the dogs and put them into an air conditioned vehicle. Source: www.al.com
