Avoid leaving your pets in hot cars alone
Oct 10, 2017 23:30:40 GMT -5
Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2017 23:30:40 GMT -5
For too many pet owners, this tragedy can and does happen. Two weeks ago in Florida, a two-year-old Chihuahua perished in a hot car while the dog’s owner was at work. A few days before that, a three-year-old poodle mix died in Connecticut after its owner – a retired professor – accidentally left her trapped in a car for two-and-a-half hours. Since June, other dogs have died in hot cars in Vancouver, Chicago, California, and Calgary.
Many people don’t realize how quickly the interior of a car can heat up, even when a window is cracked or the car is parked in the shade. On a 70-degree day, a car’s interior temperature can climb to 90 degrees. On an 85-degree day, it takes only ten minutes for a car’s interior to top 100 degrees; in 30 minutes, the temperature can jump to 120 degrees.
Dogs don’t perspire like humans, so being trapped in extreme heat can quickly cause difficult breathing, increased heart and respiratory rates, seizures, and severe harm to vital organs that may result in permanent injury or death. As time passes and temperatures rise, a trapped animal’s chances for survival decline exponentially.
Many people don’t realize how quickly the interior of a car can heat up, even when a window is cracked or the car is parked in the shade. On a 70-degree day, a car’s interior temperature can climb to 90 degrees. On an 85-degree day, it takes only ten minutes for a car’s interior to top 100 degrees; in 30 minutes, the temperature can jump to 120 degrees.
Dogs don’t perspire like humans, so being trapped in extreme heat can quickly cause difficult breathing, increased heart and respiratory rates, seizures, and severe harm to vital organs that may result in permanent injury or death. As time passes and temperatures rise, a trapped animal’s chances for survival decline exponentially.