It was Wednesday morning in 2017 when a concerned citizen contacted the officers around 10:30 in the morning about a two-month-old Pit Bull mix trapped in a hot vehicle. The puppy had been inside the locked car for around 30 minutes.
When the authorities received the distress call, they rushed as quickly as they could to the scene. Since the windows were slightly opened, they successfully unlocked the door with tongs without breaking the glass.
Although the windows were somehow open, it does not necessarily mean that the air that gets inside the car is enough for the dog to breathe. The temperature inside vehicles gets hotter, especially if the weather is hot outside.
The police officers did a temperature reading in the vehicle as soon as they got the dog out of harm’s way. The temperature reached 56-degrees Celcius, or 133 degrees Fahrenheit.
It was a miracle that the puppy, who was named by the officers as Misty, survived the ordeal. Other animals would have suffered a heatstroke if they were left alone in the car for half an hour.
The police officers rushed Misty to the animal hospital where the doctors helped her cool down by facing her in front of an electric fan. Luckily Misty was rescued just before she suffered heatstroke and made a complete recovery.
The shelter that cared for Misty said that rolling down the windows does not really offer help in decreasing the heat inside the vehicle. The Humane Society said that if it is 22-degrees Celcius inside the car, it can reach up to 46-degrees in about an hour.
Some states in America consider leaving animals in a locked vehicle punishable by the law. While there are no available details to the dog’s owner, he was charged $250 for endangering his animal.
Source: RivCo Animal Services via Twitter
