While seeing an animal suffering in a hot car this summer might make your blood boil, resist the urge to rescue the pet yourself.
Executive Director of the New Brunswick SPCA Hilary Howes says to give them a call and they will dispatch local animal protection officers or alternatively flag down a police officer because they also have the authority to break into a car which members of the public do not have.
Howes says if a dog’s internal temperature rises even five degrees above normal, that dog can become comatose, brain damaged or even die and it only takes 10 minutes for a car to get up to almost 40 degrees in hot weather.
The New Brunswick SPCA hotline is 1-877-722-1522.
