{"id":821320,"date":"2026-07-23T18:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821320\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:05:09","slug":"edmonton-received-37-complaints-of-animals-left-in-hot-vehicles-in-7-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821320\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton received 37 complaints of animals left in hot vehicles in 7 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Edmonton received more than three dozen complaints of animals left in hot vehicles over a roughly seven-week period in May and June.<\/p>\n<p>The city says the 37 complaints were between May and June 20.<\/p>\n<p>During the same period last year, 33 such complaints were received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may think you\u2019ll be gone for just a short time, but that\u2019s all it takes for a situation to turn tragic,\u201d said JongHwan Rhee, Supt. with Animal Care and Park Rangers. \u201cA few simple precautions can help keep your pet safe and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city is urging never to leave pets unattended in parked vehicles during hot weather, especially dogs, which are susceptible to heat-related illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven on mild days, temperatures inside a vehicle can quickly rise to dangerous levels, putting animals at risk of heat exhaustion, heatstroke and death,\u201d the city warned in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>It says when it\u2019s 15 degrees Celsius outside, the temperature inside a car can reach 28 C in less than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving windows cracked or parking in the shade does not provide reliable protection from rising temperatures,\u201d the news release reads.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who sees an animal in immediate distress in a locked vehicle can call 911. If the animal is not in immediate danger, Edmontonians are asked to call 311.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Edmonton received more than three dozen complaints of animals left in hot vehicles over a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-821320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}