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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  There was a big ruckus at our local Walmart last summer when a woman (A) smashed the window out of another woman's (B) car, because she saw a dog panting away in the back of the vehicle on a hot sunny day. The cops were called because the two women were fighting in the parking lot.
It turned out woman B had set her AC to on before she got out of her car & locked the doors. Then she used her remote start to restart the locked car with the air running for her dog, before entering the store. Woman A didn't realize the car was running, saw the panting dog and smashed out the car window. Woman B said her dog was extremely anxious and would pant just because she was gone & the dog was alone. Police wrote a ticket for malicious destruction of personal property to woman A. Case settled when woman A paid for repairs to woman B's vehicle, along with car rental during the repair time. |
Wow, that's a unique situation! I got into a confrontation w/ a guy who left his dog in Petsmart parking lot, of ALL places when you can just bring your pet in there. I was so pissed off. I should have just called cops right away and waited in my car to watch the dog. It's really too bad what happened to Woman A bc she had such spot on intentions. She just didn't realize that car was running. Poor gal. Hope it didn't stop her from acting in the future, ya know?
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Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie Where would you find this information? Everything I have found is about abuse or neglect but not specific to leaving one in a car. |
One thing you could try is calling your non-emergency police phone number and ask them for the policy - they should be able to tell you, I'd assume.
LovesP - here in Phoenix, people can be fined and/or have to go to court too, depending on severity, I believe.