The RSPCA warns against dog owners leaving their pets in cars on a warm day even if parked in the shade or with the windows open, and says that doing so is “very dangerous and will cause your dog suffering and harm”. I’m in What should you do if you see a dog left in a hot car? You can help us take action – and get our regular free email As we have seen with the extremely high numbers of shares on these posts, online claims can spread fast and far, and are difficult to contain and correct. “If you see a dog in a hot car that appears to be in distress and/or showing symptoms of heatstroke you should call 999 and ask for the police.”įalse or misleading claims online have the potential to harm individuals-in this case potentially leading people to unwittingly break the law. The National Police Chiefs’ Council told Full Fact that the information shared online is “not accurate”.Ī spokesperson for the organisation added: “If you break a car window you could be charged with criminal damage. “This way you will not be charged with criminal damage and will give evidence to the police to take the dog owners to court.”īut this isn’t true. The posts, which encourage others to copy and paste the content in order to share it more widely, say: “Police say if you see a dog locked in a car in case of high heat, take a picture of the dog and the car, call the police, wait 5 minutes and break the car window. Claims that “police say” you can smash a window to rescue a dog from a hot car after taking a photograph and waiting five minutes have been shared almost 180,000 times on Facebook.
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