Certain dog owners never learn from their mistakes and keep leaving their pets in the car.
Too many owners underestimate how fast temperatures can rise in their vehicles - even when it's 20 degrees outside, the consequences can be dire.
A dog's regular temperature is around 38 degrees. If their temperature should rise to 42 degrees, the situation becomes critical, with their blood no longer able to sustain their organs. This can result in shock and in extreme cases, death.
It is against the law to break a vehicle window to save an animal. Therefore anyone who comes across a dog struggling to breathe in a locked car should immediately notify the police, who will decide how to proceed.
Anyone who does not, or indeed cannot, wait that long will risk a penalty for damaging a vehicle; however, the animal's owner will also be punished for allowing such a dangerous situation to occur.
