Monks Jazz Club
Don't Lock Dogs in Hot Cars!
RECEIVED Mon., June 16, 2008
Dear Editor,
While working my job pushing carts in the parking lot of a very popular and local business yesterday, I noticed, in triple-digit heat, a silver Volkswagen with two dogs locked inside. The windows were only cracked about a half-inch. I gave the owner about 10 minutes to come back, then went inside and called 311 and reported the car to animal control. Two other customers came in at the same time, appalled, and also called and reported the car. I left a note on the owner's windshield that they had been reported, in case they came back before animal control got there. Forty-five (!) minutes later, the owner did come back, read the note, then sped away. Well, as it turns out, it took animal control more than three hours to show up. I don't know why they even bothered. At that point, those dogs would have been long dead if they'd still been there. I hope the human emergency services in this town are more reliable than the animal emergency services.
While working my job pushing carts in the parking lot of a very popular and local business yesterday, I noticed, in triple-digit heat, a silver Volkswagen with two dogs locked inside. The windows were only cracked about a half-inch. I gave the owner about 10 minutes to come back, then went inside and called 311 and reported the car to animal control. Two other customers came in at the same time, appalled, and also called and reported the car. I left a note on the owner's windshield that they had been reported, in case they came back before animal control got there. Forty-five (!) minutes later, the owner did come back, read the note, then sped away. Well, as it turns out, it took animal control more than three hours to show up. I don't know why they even bothered. At that point, those dogs would have been long dead if they'd still been there. I hope the human emergency services in this town are more reliable than the animal emergency services.
Ryan Cox
