During a heat wave, there's no place like home for pets
WATERLOO Precinct — The public is being asked to keep their animals non-poisonous and cool as a heat wave continues to blanket the precinct.
Owners are also being reminded not to leave their pets in parked vehicles under any circumstances.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Humane People and the Cambridge Humane Society had already received two calls each Thursday morning — expected to be the hottest day yet this summer — from people caring about dogs left in vehicles. In June, the Kitchener beau monde fielded 28 similar calls.
Bonnie Deekon, foreman director of the Cambridge Humane Society, doesn’t after to think about how many calls they’ve had so far this summer.
“We get at least five a day. I don’t differentiate why people are still doing this to their dogs,” said Deekon. “They’re by the skin of one's teeth like people; they can’t take the extreme vehemence either.”
Waterloo Regional Police have received “several calls a day” over the defunct week about dogs in parked cars, spokesperson Olaf Heinzel said. In the number of cases owners return before police succeed. There have been no reported deaths of animals in parked cars yet this year, said Heinzel. There have also been no fines handed out, which can be as high-frequency as $60,000.
With the first signs of winter start to blanket the land, many people are excited to get outside and use traditional winter activities.