A small dog in Florida was saved from a miserable death from heat stroke thanks to an alert passerby, and the police. The dog, a Maltese, was left inside of a locked vehicle in a parking lot at Disney World. ABC Journalist Parker Branton Tweeted about the rescue effort on August 10:
“A Hollywood Studios park guest says she heard a bark coming from a car just before 5 Monday afternoon. ‘She looked right up into my eyes and said help.’ Looking around I saw an empty bowl and a parking receipt for 11:48 am!”
The good Samaritan, Jerry Dana French, was able to get the police to the vehicle, and the officer who removed the dog estimated that it had an hour or less to live.
The owner was eventually located inside of the theme park – as reported by People, police returned the dog to the owner, whose name was not released. Surprisingly, the person who left the dog inside of the vehicle did not get charged.
(Screenshot of dog via Twitter)
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Disney should refuse entry to vehicles with dogs inside.
Why was the person at Disney not charged for leaving their pet in the car while they played and the poor dog was burning up…were they foreign??? Those people mistreat animals all the time…DO SOMETHING THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIDE AND PUNISHED.
Why not charged?
There are kennels at WDW where this dog could have been left in air-conditioned safety. Inexcusable.
scumbags, I hope they took the dog away from them
So next time you spot a dog in a hot car in Florida, we have to take the law into our own hands. Smash the window, and take the dog away! Disgusting of the police officer! He should be charged too!
Charge the owner and remove the dog forever!!! No more pets for these beasts!!
I’m beyond furious that the dog was returned to it’s irresponsible owner and that the owner wasn’t arrested😠
WTF? Soooo the “owner” wasn’t charged and the dog was returned to them!
Why? The person ABSOLUTELY should have been charged!!! This is ANIMAL ABUSE! Is DISNEY in favor of ANIMAL ABUSE??????
What in the Hell where you people thinking? You gave them the dog back?? What part of abandonment did you not catch… you should be locking them up in this same car and walking away …. let them feel the pain and suffering – Ridiculeous!! they got nothing for abuse and a locking this poor dog in a hot car as they take on Disney land!!! What a bunch of ASSHOLES!!
Owner should not have gotten the dog back and been charged with felony neglect. But hey, it’s Florida.. They won’t even keep people safe.
RETURNED the dog to the owner? And they were not charged???? So FLORIDA has no laws against this?? I’m horrified you returned the dog..shame on Florida..the laws or whatever..unforgivable.
If a person is going out all day,leave the pets home. Sitting in the car for 30 minutes or more the temp is much hotter. If u all want ur fur babies,leave them at home.
Stupid owner. Should have gone to jail for that! Poor little fur baby. Glad he was ok.
Monster!!!!!
She must be held accountable for neglect and torture!
and that’s the reason the world is the way it is… your going to give a dog back to a person that could of killed that dog…please how stupid can the law be…
Why was she returned to the owner and not charged with cruelty???