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A 65-year-old woman from Jamestown, Rhode Island, is facing prison time after her 3 dogs died as a result of her leaving them locked inside her car in the heatwave.
ABC reports that police were alerted at around 4 p.m. about 3 dogs unresponsive in a car parked outside a grocery store in Jamestown. It was over 95 degrees that day and the dogs had been left there without the AC and no window was cracked. They also didn’t have any water left.
“The dogs – a 4-year-old black lab, a 7-month-old black lab and a 4 -year-old gray Keeshond – were taken to an animal hospital but none could be revived, according to police,” the publication notes.
According to the report, the dogs had been left here for “an extended period of time.” The air conditioning in the car wasn’t even functional, but the woman hadn’t even left a rolled down window for the pups.
“The dogs' owner, 65-year-old Ann Garnett of Jamestown, was charged with three counts of unnecessary cruelty to an animal and three counts of confinement of an animal in a motor vehicle,” ABC says.
If she’s found guilty of unnecessary cruelty to an animal, which is a felony charge, the woman could end up spending a maximum of 5 years behind bars.
With extreme weather alerts out for most of the U.S., police are urging civilians to be on the lookout for children or animals left behind in parked cars. If you see a child or a dog / cat alone in a car, regardless if the engine is on or off, you should wait a few minutes and then call 911.
In certain cases (i.e. if the child appears very distressed or unresponsive), civilians can break the windows of the vehicle to get to him, without fear of prosecution. However, this only applies to animals depending on the state so, if you want to be in the clear, it’s best to just call the police and let them handle it.
“The dogs – a 4-year-old black lab, a 7-month-old black lab and a 4 -year-old gray Keeshond – were taken to an animal hospital but none could be revived, according to police,” the publication notes.
According to the report, the dogs had been left here for “an extended period of time.” The air conditioning in the car wasn’t even functional, but the woman hadn’t even left a rolled down window for the pups.
“The dogs' owner, 65-year-old Ann Garnett of Jamestown, was charged with three counts of unnecessary cruelty to an animal and three counts of confinement of an animal in a motor vehicle,” ABC says.
If she’s found guilty of unnecessary cruelty to an animal, which is a felony charge, the woman could end up spending a maximum of 5 years behind bars.
With extreme weather alerts out for most of the U.S., police are urging civilians to be on the lookout for children or animals left behind in parked cars. If you see a child or a dog / cat alone in a car, regardless if the engine is on or off, you should wait a few minutes and then call 911.
In certain cases (i.e. if the child appears very distressed or unresponsive), civilians can break the windows of the vehicle to get to him, without fear of prosecution. However, this only applies to animals depending on the state so, if you want to be in the clear, it’s best to just call the police and let them handle it.
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