A dog has been rescued from a hot car in Christchurch that had an internal temperature of more than 49C.<\/p>\n
The SPCA said reports of dogs being left inside hot cars continue to “roll in” despite its best efforts to make owners aware of possibly “horrific outcomes”.<\/p>\n
A recent case saw the SPCA called to a car in Christchurch where they were able to rescue the dog “just in time”.<\/p>\n
“The temperature inside had reached over 49C. It was about 28C outside the car and the owner had cracked the windows, believing this would make the car cool enough.”<\/p>\n
Another case saw SPCA inspectors also need to get a dog out of a overheated vehicle.<\/p>\n
“This owner had left their dog with a bowl of water, also thinking this ensured the dog’s safety.<\/p>\n
“The dog had knocked over the water bowl, and was luckily removed from the car by our team.”<\/p>\n
SPCA said the only way to ensure the dog’s safety was to leave them at home, with a friend or family member, or take them with you.<\/p>\n
In 2022, it was reported that the SPCA had received\u00a0214 complaints about dogs being left in hot cars in the past year.<\/p>\n
At the time, SPCA inspector Ben Lakomy said it was disappointing the message still was not getting through to some people.<\/p>\n
“It is an offence under the Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018, to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress, such as excessive panting, drooling or hyperventilation, and trying to seek shade.<\/p>\n
“When it’s 21 degrees Celsius outside, temperatures in a car parked in the shade with the windows down can exceed 31C in less than 10 minutes. In 30 minutes, it goes up to 40C. On a hot day, the temperature inside the vehicle can exceed 50C.”<\/p>\n
Pet owners, whose dogs were found in this state, could be issued with a $300 infringement notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog has been rescued from a hot car in Christchurch that had an internal temperature of more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-232387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}