This is heartbreaking.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...n-actually-died-in-back-of-dog-walkers-truck/
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...n-actually-died-in-back-of-dog-walkers-truck/
And this woman apparently rolled the dice hundreds of times. (That must make dog walking so much easier, if you just lock them in your truck and wander off to do... whatever.) She claims that she only left the dogs for 10 minutes and they had water and a partly-open window. Uh-huh. There's going to be autopsies, or necropsies, or whatever they call it for dogs.People always argue when I say never to leave dogs alone in vehicles with temps above 70 degrees. Yes you will get away with it 9 times out of 10, but the margin for error is too small.
People always argue when I say never to leave dogs alone in vehicles with temps above 70 degrees. Yes you will get away with it 9 times out of 10, but the margin for error is too small.
I've also read stories where the dogs accidently knocked the car into neutral and it rolled away. One into a river. Another thing that makes me cringe are seeing dogs in the back of pickups. They can jump out and get hurt or lost.
I've also read stories where the dogs accidently knocked the car into neutral and it rolled away. One into a river. Another thing that makes me cringe are seeing dogs in the back of pickups. They can jump out and get hurt or lost.
She faces six counts of animal cruelty.
The BC SPCA has said the deaths can be directly attributed to recklessness on behalf of the veteran dog walker, who was being paid to take care of the pets.
Paulsen has been charged with killing or injuring to animals, committing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal, failing to provide the necessities of life for an animal, two counts of causing an animal to continue to be in distress, and reporting an offence was committed when it was not.
Snippets for those not into links:"Paulsen’s sentence will be followed by two years of probation. Jardine also ordered that Paulsen be banned from owning animals for 10 years and barred for life from operating a business caring for others’ animals."
"When she returned to the vehicle after about 40 minutes",
"Paulsen had previously left dogs in her truck when she went horseback riding or ran errands, even though others had told her that she shouldn’t."