With temperatures rising - the mercury was expected to reach 75 degrees today - police and animal rights advocates are reminding people to keep their pets at home and never leave them unattended in a parked car.
"Even with the windows open it can get very hot," said Sue Beatty, executive director of the Anne Arundel County SPCA, dismissing the myth that cracking a car window will negate the oven-like conditions. She said it can take just a few minutes for a dog or other small animals to die of heat stroke. "People don't realize how hot it can get. ... They die faster than one...
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