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Heatstroke kills living beings. This is a fact that you should always be aware of when leaving your vehicle parked in the sun – any living creature could die inside a hot car, especially kids or pets.
This Monday, a dog's life was saved in Chicago after a thief broke a window of a truck parked in front of an establishment called the Irish Nobleman Pub.
As you can observe in the video embedded below, the owner of a Ford Super Duty truck parks in front of the pub shortly after 9 am. He leaves the vehicle without thinking twice about his best friend, his German shepherd.
After about an hour, the parked truck attracts the attention of a local thief. The rear window gets broken, and a laptop is taken. This might be one of the few cases where a theft can bring a positive situation – breaking the window brought fresh air into the hot vehicle.
According to the owners of the Irish Nobleman Pub in Chicago, local temperatures were at about 80 degrees (26 Celsius) at the time, which meant that the interior of the car was at squelching 120 F (48 Celsius), according to estimates made by a statistic of the American Veterinary Association.
The AVA states that temperatures inside cars could be up to 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than outside the same vehicle. On a summer day, this could spell disaster for most living beings inside the vehicle.
From personal experience, parking a car in the sun on a summer day for as little as 30 minutes could bring temperatures to a level that will make any person sick. Animals are also affected by this, and they can even die because of heatstroke.
Upon arriving at the vehicle and finding its window broken, the owner came inside the Irish pub to request surveillance footage. According to The Chicagoist, the unnamed driver claimed to have left his dog inside for about 20 minutes, but Candace Zynda, one of the owners of the bar, discovered that the owner lied.
Surveillance footage revealed he left his dog inside a hot car for over an hour, so they decided to publish the video on their Facebook page to tell the truth.
By the way, The American Veterinary Association suggests leaving pets at home instead of taking them along on errands, so that owners can be sure not to forget animals inside parked cars. Use your brain, people, that's what it's there for.
As you can observe in the video embedded below, the owner of a Ford Super Duty truck parks in front of the pub shortly after 9 am. He leaves the vehicle without thinking twice about his best friend, his German shepherd.
After about an hour, the parked truck attracts the attention of a local thief. The rear window gets broken, and a laptop is taken. This might be one of the few cases where a theft can bring a positive situation – breaking the window brought fresh air into the hot vehicle.
According to the owners of the Irish Nobleman Pub in Chicago, local temperatures were at about 80 degrees (26 Celsius) at the time, which meant that the interior of the car was at squelching 120 F (48 Celsius), according to estimates made by a statistic of the American Veterinary Association.
The AVA states that temperatures inside cars could be up to 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than outside the same vehicle. On a summer day, this could spell disaster for most living beings inside the vehicle.
From personal experience, parking a car in the sun on a summer day for as little as 30 minutes could bring temperatures to a level that will make any person sick. Animals are also affected by this, and they can even die because of heatstroke.
Upon arriving at the vehicle and finding its window broken, the owner came inside the Irish pub to request surveillance footage. According to The Chicagoist, the unnamed driver claimed to have left his dog inside for about 20 minutes, but Candace Zynda, one of the owners of the bar, discovered that the owner lied.
Surveillance footage revealed he left his dog inside a hot car for over an hour, so they decided to publish the video on their Facebook page to tell the truth.
By the way, The American Veterinary Association suggests leaving pets at home instead of taking them along on errands, so that owners can be sure not to forget animals inside parked cars. Use your brain, people, that's what it's there for.
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