Leaving animals in cars: lethal, unethical and illegal
September 22, 2010 by Melody Brewton
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Contributed.
“Dogs don’t take care of heat the way human beings do and the temperature in a car can get to over 140 degrees. Dogs have to pant to cool themselves,” said Bobby Tribble, head of security at GSCO. “Never leave your dog unattended unless the dog is in a safe environment.”
Irresponsible human beings lock their dogs up without thinking because they are too self-involved. “Don’t leave them in your car with you, leave them at home,” said Tribble. According to Tribble, “people just don’t think about it and they think if they just crack the window the dog will be okay. They don’t realize how hot it gets inside the car.”
Officials advise students to never think about locking your dog up in a car even with the windows down. Dogs don’t deserve this and owners committing this crime will be punished. Locking a dog up is against the law and punishable by prison time or hefty fine. The consequences for locking a dog up include: “the dog could die and the person who does it could be charged for cruelty to animals because it would be cruelty against the law,” said Tribble.
Locking your dog up is one of the reasons why many dogs end up in animal shelters. “If the owner was arrested the dog would be turned over to animal control. The state of Georgia,” said Tribble, has decided upon this law.
“Here at campus we’ve made it known through notice board and some signs around campus,” said Tribble. “I’m sure the humane society has information about it as well.”
More oppressive laws because of stupid people. We aren’t allowed to use our common sense in this country anymore. PUNISH THE PERPETRATORS, NOT EVERYONE ELSE.
It is common practice in this day and age that everyone should be punished because a few people don’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain. I am tired of being punished because of a few stupid idiots. I would have sense enough to know if the circumstances were dangerous to leave an animal in the car.
I have 3 dogs (my son’s dogs; he can’t take care of) and they don’t get enough exercise because there is no where to take them to run, which would be good for them, but there is just no place to go. I can’t walk all of them, I’m too old. I can’t give them away, (too many dogs everywhere). I would have to take them to the pound where they would most likely be put down. The only pleasure these dogs have in life is to ride in the car and now that is taken away too. Moral busybodies and zealous do-gooders just ruin life for the rest of us who might have a brain.