Pet Patrols Rose Owen says only one incident has been reported over hot weekend
The Founder of Pet Patrol says people are getting the message when it comes to leaving pets in a hot car.
Record setting temperatures descended upon the region over the weekend Pet Patrol's Rose Owen says only one incident has been reported. Owens says a dog was left in a car with the windows up for more than 25 minutes at Devonshire Mall Saturday.
Police arrived shortly after the man had let the dog out and issued a warning, but she says it's still positive to see Windsor police are taking the issue seriously
"Obviously he didn't get charged [with abandonment], he was let go on a warning," she says. "It's nice to see the police are starting to see that this is a real big problem."
Owens tells AM800 News it's great to see numbers go down after the group found more than 120 dogs in hot vehicles over the past two summers.
"It makes me feel good that people are now being aware that there are too many people out here, do I want people to be yelling at me? That's what's happening in parking lots now, people are now looking in cars as they're going into the grocery store," says Owens.
She says finding even one dog cooking in a car is too many, and she hopes to get her message to Queens Park to give more legal powers to police.
"I'm so pleased that it's working and I need to get my 10,000 signatures so I can take it to parliament and make it a law, a finable law if dogs are left in hot cars," she added.
Owen says residents can sign the petition at Pet Value locations throughout Windsor-Essex.