Pets and Cars: a Potentially Deadly Combination

Even though the weather doesn't feel like it in many places, summer is upon us! So it's time to remind folks about the volatile combination of cars and pets. Every year, hundreds of pets, mostly dogs, die of hyperthermia from being left in the car in dangerously hot conditions. What most people don't realize that those conditions can occur in mild 60-70 degree F weather -- even if it's cloudy, and even if you leave the windows cracked open. An interior temperature of 100 degrees F is enough to inhibit ...