Authorities are investigating after the decomposed remains of up to three dogs were found inside a car parked in downtown San Antonio.<\/p>\n
Animal Care Services and the San Antonio Police Department responded Monday to a report of a strong odor coming from a vehicle parked in the 100 block of W. Nueva Street, near the Bexar County Justice Center, according to an ACS news release.<\/p>\n
Officers discovered the heavily decomposed remains of what are believed to be up to three dogs inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Authorities believe the animals may have died from exposure. A veterinary examination and necropsy will determine the exact number of animals, confirm their identities and establish the cause of death.<\/p>\n
ACS and SAPD are using evidence recovered from the vehicle to identify a suspect.<\/p>\n
The suspect could face fines and animal cruelty charges, according to\u00a0ACS. City code prohibits leaving an animal unattended in a vehicle in a way that endangers its safety.<\/p>\n
“Residents should never leave an animal unattended inside a vehicle,”\u00a0ACS said. “Anyone who sees an animal confined in a vehicle that appears to be in danger should immediately report it to law enforcement.”<\/p>\n
The temperature inside a parked vehicle can rise by 20 degrees in just 10 minutes, even if a window is cracked, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.<\/p>\n
Because pets cannot regulate their body temperature as effectively as humans, they are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities are investigating after the decomposed remains of up to three dogs were found inside a car parked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-381625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}