Colorado dog saved from 123-degree car suffering neurological issues

[Satanica]

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Lakeside Police Officer Dave Kornowski was responding to an animal cruelty call at a Walmart parking lot when he found the dog panting in the backseat of a car with the window slightly cracked, FOX31 Denver reported.

Kornowski broke a rear window on the vehicle and recorded video of the dog writhing on the car’s floor with its tongue hanging out.

“The dog couldn’t even bark it was panting so heavy,” the veteran officer told the station. “The mouth was dry, he was lethargic. He couldn’t even control himself.”

Kornowski and Jefferson County Animal Control rushed the dog, named Pedro, to Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, the station reported. Pedro remained in the intensive care unit and appeared to suffer neurological issues from being left in the car for too long, Kornowski said.

The dog’s owner eventually came outside and was upset that his window was broken, Kornowski said. The unidentified man claimed his car wasn’t running before driving off. Police arrested him at a gas station on the other side of the parking lot. It was unclear whether the man is facing charges.
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Albuquerque police told the station it is lawful to break into a car to rescue a child or pet.

Colorado dog saved from 123-degree car suffering neurological issues, police say; owner arrested

A dog rescued by Colorado police from a sweltering 123-degree car is suffering from neurological issues, authorities said.

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[Keepalowprofile]

. Albuquerque police told the station it is lawful to break into a car to rescue a child or pet.

As it should be everywhere. But sadly it's not.

. It was unclear whether the man is facing charges

He fucking better be or I'll sick ladyfreethinker on the DA in that county.

 

[Brillig]

I'd break the window, legal or not. Poor pooch.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

If break the window, legal or not. Poor pooch.

Ya know, I think the cop should have broke all the windows to get the maximum amount of air in as quickly as possible.

 

[Sejanus]

The owner broke his frigging dog.
Lock him in a steel cargo container and sun bake the prick.

 

[QuickSugar]

Poor baby ...and the coward tried to flee.

 

[Satanica]

Let's hope that asshole does not have any kids.

 

[LFODBiker]

It's refreshing the cops actually made it a point to mention that yes - if you see someone/thing living, in a locked vehicle and in obvious distress, we absolutely have your back if you need to break the window to rescue.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

If the dog is in intensive care with neurological damage, it should be put down.

 

[Siobhan]

Having had a wonderful pet with severe, medication-resistant tonic-clonic epilepsy, and having done all we could to keep his life to be the best, with all abilities humanly possible, I've learned that a very extended high fever (my pet presented with a viral respiratory infection the day my adoption was approved, and I couldn't take him home for nearly 3 months due to extended fever!) or extreme high temperature exposure can cause neurological conditions like the type of epilepsy I've described, or much worse, also including blindness and deafness.

With what this poor animal has been through, this is truly the best option for it:

If the dog is in intensive care with neurological damage, it should be out down.