Man cracks window of BMW to rescue dog trapped in hot car
When it came to rescuing a dog locked in a car on a sweltering day, one man in Canada determined to take whatever means were necessary to pull the pooch to safety.
An unidentified man was captured on movie hurling a large rock repeatedly until he smashed the back window on the driver’s side of a BMW in order to eliminate the suffering dog in the parking lot of a festival in Ontario.
The dog was soaking raw as the man pulled him to safety on a day when temperatures were more than ninety degrees.
Kitchener resident Wilson Costa, who shot a movie of the scene and posted it on Facebook, told TODAY the owners had been absent for about fifty minutes despite an announcement asking them to comeback to the parking lot to get their dog at a festival in Grand Arch on June 11.
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“The dog seemed to be panicking,” Costa said. “It was pacing back and forward.
“People were suggesting advice on ways to break the window. A rock at the time seemed to be the quickest solution.”
The unidentified man took it one step further than NBC anchor Kyle Clark, who highlighted the dangers of dogs being left in hot cars two days earlier. Clark considered violating a stranger’s window to rescue a suffering dog in Denver and later confronted the holder.
No one objected to cracking the window, according to Costa, who wields a Pomeranian.
“My dog gets hot quickly outside with all her wool, so I could imagine what the other dog was feeling inwards the car,” he said. “I was worried that the dog could have health issues or even die if any more time had passed.”
The owners and the police later arrived at about the same time another fifty minutes later, Costa said. The Ontario Provincial Police are conducting an ongoing investigation with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Huron County Human Society, OPP Constable Christopher Doupe told TODAY.
The investigation has not yet determined how long the dog was in the car until it was rescued. Any potential charges or penalties for the owners would not come until the conclusion of the investigation.
Section four hundred forty five of the Criminal Code of Canada provides that “anyone who willfully and unlawfully causes agony or suffering to an animal can face a maximum $Ten,000 fine or imprisonment from 1.Five to five years,” according to Doupe.
The owners did not file any formal complaint against the man who broke the window, Doupe said. The investigation will determine whether that man will face any type of penalty.
Doupe also suggested advice to others facing a similar situation where they see a dog suffering in a hot car.
“The OPP recommends that people monitor the animal, contact police, animal control or a by-law officer,” Doupe said. “The police can request a tow service to unlock and access the interior of a vehicle. If possible and circumstances permit, let animal control and or law enforcement shoulder the responsibility of harm to someone’s property in order to prevent an offense.”