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Just do NOT understand the mentality of people, I really don't. Is it the "Just leave the window open a tiny bit, so no one can get in?"maggymills said:
Total moron or somebody who parked in the shade and the shade moved. By the way leaving the windows open will NOT be enough in really hot weather. Once the temperature gets close to 30 C , car parked even in partial shade (under sparse tree) will get very hot in matter of minutes. Probabkly the radiant heat from all the black bitumen would contribute as well.george06 said:What kind of idiots do this,i
BeeJay said:This from back in May.
>Pet dog dies from heat in owner's car Jun 29 2006
By Advertiser Reporter editor@Dorkingadvertiser.Co.Uk
A PET dog died after it was left in a businessman's locked car on one of the hottest days of the year.
Andrew Cole,41, of Yew Tree Cottage in Ranmore Common, claimed he forgot the three-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback was in his Lexus Estate when he went to work.
At Dorking Magistrates' Court last Friday, Cole, a man-aging director of an electronics firm, admitted cruelty towards an animal.
Paras Gorasia, prosecuting, said Cole was about to leave his house at 2.30pm on May 4 to drive to work at Sports Coach Systems, in Curtis Road, when his girlfriend asked if he would take pet dog Henry with him.
The dog jumped in the back of the vehicle, but when Cole arrived at the office he had forgotten the family pet and left it in the car with the windows closed and no water.
The temperature inside the car had soared by the time Cole returned at 5.30pm. He saw the car was filled with condensation and the dog slumped in the back.
He realised the dog was dead and, later,when Cole was burying the pet in his garden he was spotted by a resident who alerted the RSPCA. An officer from the animal welfare group called at Cole's home on May 6 and exhumed the corpse.
A post-mortem carried out on June 11 confirmed the animal had died of heat exhaustion. Mr Gorasia said Cole had no previous convictions.
Phillip Longes, defending, said Cole was preoccupied with business matters and was suffering with 'flu when he left his dog alone in the car.
Mr Longes said when Cole realised Henry had died he was devastated. "The dog had been cherished by Mr Cole, his partner and their daughter," he said.
"Mr Cole was not well and had a million and one things on his mind. He popped home at lunchtime and his girlfriend did not want to leave the dog in the house.Henry was well used to going to Mr Cole's office and was well liked by staff.
"He parked in the car park, got out and because Henry was such a good dog and did not jump up, he did not see him in the rear view mirror."
Mr Longes said it was the first time Cole had transported the dog in the car,adding: "This is not a case of deliberate cruelty to a dog. Apart from the cause of death, in every other respect the dog was well cared for."
Two witnesses spoke in Cole's defence to say he had been a caring pet owner.
Magistrates spared Cole a lifetime ban on owning a pet. He was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £578.50 court costs.
Anna Dullart, chairman of the bench, told Cole: "We have taken a fairly unusual view on this matter. Our guidelines state a community punishment for this type of offence. However, we have departed from these guidelines."
Speaking after the court case RSPCA spokesman Jo Barr said: "Dogs can't sweat like we can. It gets like an oven in a [car in] summer and any length of time left in it would be too long."
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HOW CAN YOU FORGET THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR DOG R.I.P LITLE ONE
tinabow said:HOW CAN YOU FORGET THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR DOG R.I.P LITLE ONE
Something about looking at a rough coated terrier always makes me smile. Your little girl is lovely.damitjanet said:View attachment 33035What is wrong with people these days? I dont even leave my dog in the car in winter if the sun is out. If I do leave her its only for a few mins while I pop into a shop or something and not for a long period. Even when she is out in the garden with me during this hot weather I am constantly checking she is not in the full sun. She is blind so she can't always find the shade so I pick her up and move her to it. There are too many idiots in this world and that is putting it mildly!!
julieleigh said:Makes my blood boil to think what we have to live among... some people dont have the brains that they were born with... makes me sick :rant: :rant: :rant: ...
R.I.P little one..
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