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Be a Hero for Hot Dogs!

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How many times have you been out running errands and seen a dog left panting in the backseat of a car?

On a mild 73ºF day, the temperature inside a car can reach 120ºF in 30 minutes. Animals can suffer and die from heatstroke in just 15 minutes, so by the time you pop in and out of the store or a restaurant, it may already be too late.

An animal confined to a vehicle in hot weather is an emergency. If you see one, please follow these lifesaving steps:

  • Take down the car’s color, model, make, and license-plate number.
  • Have the owner paged in nearby stores, and call local humane authorities or the police.
  • If the police are unresponsive or take too long to arrive and the dog’s life appears to be in imminent danger, find a witness (or several) who will back your assessment. Take steps to remove the suffering animal, and then wait for the authorities to arrive.

Help spread the word about how dangerous it is to keep dogs trapped in cars by printing out some of our “Don’t Let Your Dog Get Hot Under the Collar” leaflets here!

We’ll give you points for passing out these leaflets—just submit a report for points and let us know how it went!

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  • Avatar of aydenator97

    300 days ago

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    I’ll definitely be doing this when I go out today.
    It reminds me of a couple months ago when me and some friends were on our way down to tan I saw a dog left in the car and it was way too hot. I could hear it whimpering and wining. I went inside a store for a drink hoping the car would be gone when I came out but it was still there with the dog inside. The window was barely cracked, so I went looking for probably a half hour or so looking for a police officer to tell him what had happened. In some states it is considered illegal, I think Peta should start some sort of petition to start spreading this law to other states

  • Avatar of chocomint2000

    304 days ago

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    it went wonderful people are saying that they will not do it any more

  • Avatar of Kat4981

    305 days ago

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    I put flyers up around fresno. the temp today was 105!

  • Avatar of veganmusician

    306 days ago

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    I’m going to put these on the windshield of every car I see with a dog inside!!

  • Avatar of courtneylenhoff

    308 days ago

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    me and a friend passed out some and i so glad i did

  • Avatar of sadhuvedantmunijain

    310 days ago

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    today we are known as more civilized and known as 21 century being. as we are becoming civilized our activities are uncivilized and inhumane. how much greedy persons are. greediness is not bad but not on the cast of others lives. every where and every walk of life we are turning ourselves cruel.now the cruelity is known as humanity. we are fighting for the stomach and the innocent animals are fighting for existence,is there any limit? for the sake of money, investigations, pleasure and entertainment we are killing the innocents, why? we are so weak and timid so we are showing our power on innocents , they are diminishing, toward ending and now many many species are disappeared. it is not a alarming sign. whohas given power to kill them. it is a heinous crime and should be treated as a criminals and must be behind the bars. but there are clandestine nexus there. local state and central authorities with the support of police, vete, doctors, businessmen, suppliers, and the users are all known as accused. we people those are interested to save them are alike poor. it is an alarming sign. when it will be stopped. to follow the paths of nonviolence, vegetarianism, animal protection and keep sympathies with them like our family members as wife, children, mother, father, sisters and brothers,god will bless to all those are serving for them and god will punish them those are killing them positively.

  • Avatar of hannah3u

    315 days ago

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    a car can get so hot you can bake cookies in it

  • Avatar of chocomint2000

    316 days ago

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    I felt so good doing that.

  • Avatar of keyjewel

    316 days ago

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    I’m having the same problem as Addie and Lydia.

    • Avatar of DianaM21066

      313 days ago

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      it should be working now, it’ll open a pdf of the fliers for you to print :)

  • Avatar of baileybop2

    317 days ago

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    Gave them out and got thanks in return. Felt good to spread awareness.

  • Avatar of LydiaRawrxP

    317 days ago

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    I have the same problem as Addie!

  • Avatar of GabbyBieber

    319 days ago

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    I gave these out at a Jewel- Osco parking lot one day. People said thank you and read them. I also put them on car windows when I saw a dog in the car. It felt great to do that.

  • Avatar of avalonlover

    320 days ago

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    I am new to Peta and LOVE it. I don’t have a dog but now I know how awful it is to leave dogs in cars!!!!!!!!

  • Avatar of AddieFroggie

    320 days ago

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    I am trying to print them but everytime i click the link or the image it links it right back to the actions page! :(

  • Avatar of Shy55

    320 days ago

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    It makes me sad how people could treat their animals this way :/

  • Avatar of kandi2

    324 days ago

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    I have had to call the police 2 times this pass week on Stupid people who locked their dogs in their cars and thought it was ok to do with all 4 windows open like an inch….REALLY!!!!!!

  • Avatar of HaylsFandora

    324 days ago

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    As soon as I get more ink for my printer I’m printing out a bunch! I find it absolutely disgusting how many dogs you see left in cars during summer heat waves. People wouldn’t leave their babies in there, so why is it okay to leave their animal babies?

    • Avatar of Alecat22

      316 days ago

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      Sadly leaving babies/ children isn’t uncommon. Parents will run into the store ‘real quick’ or better yet they will forget them in the backseat. The way I see if YOU wouldn’t want to be left in a hot car why would you leave any LIVING thing in there.