Yet, the article reveals that the windows were down to dissipate heat AND that the family came out to “check” on the animal.
Yup.
Sounds reasonable to leave a pet in a car in the heat. . .windows up or down. . and while waiting in line at a medical facility I would leave the office to go check on the animal.
One wonders how many times she did this sort of thing with her kids?
Says who? The idiots who left their German Shepherd by itself, in an unoccupied vehicle?
#1. Only a moron would leave a GS dog in a car even if the windows were down.
#2. Why would the witnesses call animal control if the windows were all down?
#3. The article is one sided, as there are zero statements or comments from the multiple witnesses who called animal control.
My hunch is the windows were up or mostly up and in an attempt to divert and evade the situation, they made into this race thing.
Bottom line here is, one never should ever leave a dog like a German Shepherd in a vehicle by itself, in a public parking lot.