If You See A Dog In A Hot Car, New State Law May Allow You To Break The Glass To Save The Dog.

If You See A Dog In A Hot Car, New State Law May Allow You To Break The Glass To Save The Dog.

New State Law is another sigh of relief. If you see a dog in a hot car, take a bat and smash the window to save the poor soul. No, you won’t be arrested.

In most areas, it is only legal for police officers to smash a window in order to save a pet who’s either freezing or heating to death. But suppose a police officer is not available or it takes time for one to come, lives may be lost.

Therefore, a lawmaker in New York is trying to amend the laws to allow citizens to smash the windows to save lives. Assemblyman John Ceretto has created a bill, yet to be passed, which would allow ordinary citizens to do the right thing when all else fails.

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In order for citizens to smash the windows, the temperatures would have to be life-threatening, and the citizen would have to have made every effort to find the owner or a police officer.

If no one is available they can smash the window to save a life and they won’t be liable for any damages incurred. Saved pets would be taken to a designated animal shelter after receiving emergency veterinary care. The citizen who helped save the pet would then have to leave the owner a note on the vehicle with their name and the contact information of where the pet would be taken. To read the bill in its entirety, click here.

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