CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Police are raising alarms about rising temperatures and the dangers of hot vehicles after they rescued a dog from a hot car.
Clearwater Police said they got a call on Tuesday about a dog in a car at the Pier 60 parking lot.
They say the dog had been in the car for at least 30 to 40 minutes with no AC, the windows barely cracked and hot water.
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“Thankfully, I believe it was checked out and is okay, but if we hadn’t been called the circumstances could have been far worse,” said Rob Shaw, with Clearwater Police.
Veterinarians, like Dr. Lisa Soyka, said they see dogs coming in with heat stroke more and more each summer.
“It’s extremely dangerous, within 10 minutes the temperatures can rise over 100 degrees,” she said.
There are signs that she said people need to look out for.
“Excessive panting, collapse, if it’s end stage, they’re inappropriately bleeding out of their eyes, their mouth, their skin,
