My Dog is Cool Campaign Launched

Fri, 15 May 2009

The United Animal Nations is to run a new campaign aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of leaving pets in cars during the summer months. The My Dog is Cool campaign follows a series of media reports last summer of dogs who had died after being left in a car. The national non-profit animal protection group warns that it can take only a few minutes for a pet to fall victim to the considerable heat generated in a car on a hot day as owners leave them, even momentarily.

The campaign draws on research from Stanford University which found that when it is 22 degrees Celsius outside, temperatures can soar inside a car to 47 degrees Celsius in the space of an hour, even with a window slightly ajar. The problems escalate on hotter days, with temperatures increasing inside a car to 39 degrees Celsius in the space of 10 minutes when it is 29 degrees Celsius outside.

Vets have also warned of the dangers posed to pets by being left in a car, as dogs can only withstand a high body temperatures for a short period of time before suffering a serious injury or even death.

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