Keeping cool dogs out of hot cars!
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Be aware, be active, educate and prevent!
Year after year, dogs left in hot, locked cars suffer debilitating injuries and horrible deaths.
We are here to help create awareness and educate; and encourage you to help prevent needless suffering!
Read on and learn about Cool Dogs in Hot Cars and how you can spread the word to keep pups safe.
Graphic courtesy of MyDogIsCool.com.
How hot can it get?
Here are some very interesting links to studies about how hot cars can get. Take a look, you'll be shocked!- How hot do cars get?
- An Animal Protection Institute study shows that even moderately warm temperatures outside can quickly lead to deadly temperatures inside a closed car.
- San Francisco State University
- An April 2007 fact sheet which includes data from a Golden Gate Weather Services study.
- Cars develop killer heat, even on cooler days
- A news article from NewScientist.com regarding a study done by lead author Catherine McLaren at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
- Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society
- A study discussion heat exposure in an enclosed vehicle.
- Is it too hot today?
- A great link to MyDogIsCool to find out if it's too hot to take your pup with you!
Dogs and hot cars, just don't mix!
On a hot or even warm day the temperature inside a car can reach a high enough level that a dog can die from heat stroke in just minutes, it's like an oven!
Thanks to the new Hot Car/Hot Oven PSA campaign by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office the danger of leaving a dog in a hot car can be shared and spread to bring awareness.
"If you see a dog left alone in a hot car, try to locate the owner, notify on-site security personnel if possible, or call 911," says Debbie Knaan, LA's deputy district attorney in charge of animal cruelty cases.
Visit these links for more information and how you can help spread the word!
- Fact Sheet
- A hot car is no place for a pet. Leaving a dog or cat in a parked car during the warmer months can cause serious injury or death within minutes. Get more facts!
- Hot Car/Hot Oven PSA campaign by the LA County DA's office
- Hot Oven, Hot Car... It's the Same Thing. Leaving an animal in a hot car is a crime.
What can you do?
- Take the pledge, just like I did!
Ready to share your commitment to keeping your dog cool and safe this summer? Want to add your voice to our efforts to protect dogs from dying in hot cars?
Here's a fun and easy way to be part of United Animal Nations' My Dog is Cool Campaign! Take the pledge!- Spread the word!
- Help spread the word about keeping dogs cool this summer. Click here to find out how.
Is it Too Hot for Spot?
This handy thermometer is designed to provide pet owners a view of just how hot it gets in a car!It also helps raise awareness as an educational tool of the danger of leaving pets too long in a car during the Spring, Summer and Fall seasons by showing the temperature in real time! Clings immediately and works instantly.
Mum keeps Get is now from Too Hot for Spot for only $12.90 with shipping (ea).
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Cool stuff for cool dogs!
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News about dogs in hot cars!
- Dogs in hot cars warning
- AN ANIMAL welfare charity in the city is warning people about leaving dogs in hot cars. Gables Farm Dogs' and Cats' Home, in Plympton, is appealing for owners to take extra care not to let their dogs overheat during the summer months.
- Chamber car show gearing up
- Nor will it be the hot dogs and hamburgers. ?It's the weather,? said Mr. Jones, the chamber director and event co-chairman. Sunny, hot weather is a main ingredient for the Car-B-Que's success. Car-owning participants, be they returnees or newcomers, ...
- Heat warning to pet owners
- In just three days last week, the RSPCA was called to 36 incidents of animals being left in hot conditions locally, involving 44 dogs, and inspectors have been run ragged responding to calls about dogs in hot cars. As a result, the RSPCA is concerned ...
- Small cars, driven poorly; No way to treat a vet (Press-Register Sound Off)
- I've been nearly run off the road by teenagers in small cars. It's ridiculous. And I've had one or two old ladies tailgate me too, in little cars. -- Quitting the daily newspaper reminds me of the story about the old man selling hot dogs to put his kid ...
Tell them how you feel!
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Dog rescued from hot car!
Watch as the Boston Fire and Police rescue a dog locked in a car on a hot day! Thank you Boston's Finest!
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Be prepared!
What if....
- Preventing heat stroke in dogs
- Hot summer weather can be more dangerous to dogs than many pet owners realize. There are some simple common sense steps you can take to keep your dog healthy and prevent heat stroke.
- Heatstroke
- Dr. Henry De Boer Jr. on Heatstroke
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Cats D.
May 14, 2012 @ 3:55 pm | delete
- Thank you for doing this! I almost hate the warm weather because of all the dogs I see in hot cars. Some establishments are great about making announcements and others (Target) won't announce anything over their PA about a pet in a car.
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marlene3
Nov 17, 2011 @ 11:20 pm | delete
- Nice lens- You have created very helpful & informative lens. Thanks
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TrainMyPitbull
Aug 13, 2011 @ 12:43 am | delete
- Great stuff- did not know these existed. I live in heat- my dogs say bow wow wow (thanks)
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CarBodyRepairs
May 1, 2011 @ 1:08 am | delete
- Lots of good info on dog saftey
Regards
Car Body Repairs
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devsdca
Aug 8, 2010 @ 1:43 am | delete
- It can't be emphasized enough what the risks are to leave a dog on a hot day in the car. I applaud people to rescue even potentially dangerous dogs from inside a car and not to leave them in their misery or even a heatstroke. The dog can't do any harm in this state, so don't be afraid to help if you can and get the dog out of the car, even if the owner is not around. It's not worth it to have the dogs suffer!
Thanks for this great lens.
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