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Dog locked in car suffers heat stroke
Authorities say around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon
a two-year-old schnauzer was found locked in a car with the windows both
shut tight.
Authorities
say the dog, Suzie Q, had been locked in the car about an hour and
a half with temperatures near 90 when it was discovered. Mall security
made several attempts to reach the owner. After there was no success, animal
control officers asked Sioux City police to break the car’s window to release
the dog. Mall security helped water the dog down, and she was taken to
the Morningside veterinary hospital, where veterinarians said the dog’s
temperature was above 106, well over the normal temp of 102. Suzie Q was
diagnosed with heat stroke. According to animal control officer Chad
Brown, “Animals generally, especially dogs and cats, they don’t sweat,
the temperature rises, the heat’s got to go somewhere, so therefore
the dog goes into shock.
The vet will
be watching the dog for the next day for renal failure, brain swelling,
or abnormal bleeding, but as for now, Suzie Q is in fair condition. The
dog’s owner returned to the car 45 minutes after the dog was taken
to the hospital. Police are charging Lori Jensen of Emerson, Nebraska
with animal neglect-intentional, a serious misdemeanor. Animal control
is also charging Jensen with failure to display license tags and animal
cruelty, which are simple misdemeanors.
If
the dog survives, animal control will take possession of her until after
Jensen appears in court for the charges. Then, animal control authorities
say they plan to ask for a disposition hearing and let a judge decide
if Jensen should be allowed to keep her dog.
‘Animals generally, especially dogs
and cats, they don't sweat, the temperature rises, the heat's got
to go somewhere, so therefore the dog
goes into shock’ —Chad Brown- Animal
Control
by: Donna Walker – SIOUX CITY, IA |