How often do we see dogs on the news or circulating on Social Media Sites about dogs being left unattended in cars? Anytime the temperature outside reaches over 60° F, the temperature can climb to over 80° F in minutes--the higher the temperature, the hotter the car. This leads to heat exhaustion and even heat strokes leading to death.
However, dogs have the SAME risk being in a car under 50° F as that leads to risk of hypothermia or worse.
Currently, 22 states in the US have made it illegal to leave a dog in a parked vehicle, as a part of their 'Neglect Law'. This means dogs cannot be left unattended in a vehicle no matter the weather, no matter weather the windows are down or not. This also protects dogs from the tether law, which allows dogs to be tethered/chained outside unattended for an undetermined period of time as long as they have food, water, and a dog house.
We wouldn't want to be left in a car for weeks at a time alone, or tethered to the ground, why would any animal? They cannot speak for themselves, so let's be the voice for them.
Let's end animal neglect now!
