I guess they’ll never learn.
Oscar Nominees’ Gift Bags Include a Little Hammer to Smash Car Windows
At tonight’s Academy Awards broadcast, you won’t get to see the gift bags that are handed out to nominees in the top categories—but they’re the stuff of legend anyway. This year’s collection of over-the-top luxury items is valued at more than $200,000, the New York Times reports. One of the less expensive products it contains, however, is a small but sturdy hammer meant to smash car windows.
The gift hammers are labeled with a keychain that reads, “The car is insured—the dog is irreplaceable,” and the idea is that if, say, Frances McDormand or Gary Oldman were to spot a dog sweltering in a locked car, they should use it to smash the window and get the animal free. PETA already sells hammers for this purpose, albeit in a clunkier, less streamlined design.
So maybe before you pull out a hammer and break a car window, check out your state’s regulations about rescuing dogs on this handy list from Michigan State University. It lists the 31 states where it’s illegal to leave an animal in a vehicle under dangerous conditions—including warm weather. It also names the states where a person trying to save an endangered animal from a vehicle is likely to be immune from prosecution for it.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36221199/oscar-nominees-gift-bags-hammer-dogs-in-cars/