Dog Tries To Escape Hot Car Through Window, Chokes To Death

A dog chocked to death while trying to escape from a car parked under the blazing sun, at a shopping center in Australia on Wednesday.

A security guard found the dog hanging from its collar which was still attached to the seatbelt. He then noticed the window was open and that the dog tried escaping from the car by jumping out of it.

A witness posted a photo of the scene on Facebook and wrote, “Left their dogs and a cat in the car and one of the dogs jumped out of the window and hung itself. For those asking, the dog was already dead when I found it hanging, choker collar attached to the seatbelt, window down low enough for it to jump out.”

The post went viral with several people commenting on it.

“Busy shopping center, how come nobody saw this little fella hanging out the window. It would have been making an awful noise,” wrote one.

“When are people going to learn … it’s not ok to leave animals or kids in the car regardless of the window being down or not,” another said.

Some also spoke in the owner’s defense.

“It’s a terrible situation but they obviously thought a car park was a better alternative for a toilet break than outside somewhere in the blazing sun. My heart goes out to the owner,” one person wrote.

The New South Wales Police Force has not filed a complaint against the owners as they felt the situation did not indicate the animals were neglected, News.Com.Au reported.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a non-profit organization that promotes animal welfare urges owners not to leave their pets unattended. They asked owners to ensure that the pets are kept in shade and have constant drinking water access. It takes just six minutes for animals to develop heat stress.

The organization received 300 reports of animals with heat stress last summer and apart from that, 80 calls of animal being kept in hot cars.

“It’s apparent some people are just not getting the message that a parked car is no place for a dog. It can be lethal, as we see all too often,” RSPCA NSW deputy chief inspector Scott Meyers said, Yahoo 7 reported.

“It only takes six minutes for an animal to die from heat stroke. Cars parked in the sun can reach temperatures in excess of 80 degrees Celsius, and can remain dangerously hot even if the windows are open,” he said, adding owners could get a term of two-year imprisonment if a dog dies from being left in a car.

On Monday, RSPCA Queensland officers found a dead puppy entangled with another dog which was panting in the heat.

“Every year our inspectors are called to incidents where dogs have died or are near death because of the heat. In this case both dogs were tethered and it appears they became entangled. A dog can survive for days without food, but in these temperatures, if they don’t have shade or can’t reach water they’ll die.” RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty had said.