Reply to: Monday Links from the Barnyard vol. CCXI

[Zippy]

Don't leave kids in dogs - got it.

I was at a show in Tewkesbury a few years ago when it was hot (mid July). Over the PA someone announced that someone had left a dog in a car with the windows up and the dog was getting distressed, could they please come back (gave description and reg of car etc). After the third announcement the PA added that if they owner was not back soon he would not be suprised if someone broke the windows of the car to let the dog out ... suddenly the owner appeared at the car.

This happens every year at Badminton horse trials. Owners get a couple of warnings if it isn't a hot day, none if it is . The cops break in, the RSPCA take the mutt and the car owner is informed over the tannoy, generally to an enthusiastic round of applause.. I'm pretty sure a mob would form if it was a child. And we have a pack of foxhounds nearby.

[d000hg]

You don't forget a dog - if it is asleep it will wake up as soon as you park. Most cases the stupid owners have left the window down a crack thinking that will be sufficient.

I suppose if you crack a window that is pretty implicit guilt.

[MyUserName]

Or dogs.

Don't leave kids in dogs - got it.

I was at a show in Tewkesbury a few years ago when it was hot (mid July). Over the PA someone announced that someone had left a dog in a car with the windows up and the dog was getting distressed, could they please come back (gave description and reg of car etc). After the third announcement the PA added that if they owner was not back soon he would not be suprised if someone broke the windows of the car to let the dog out ... suddenly the owner appeared at the car.

[mudskipper]

That's a good point. Bizarre.

You don't forget a dog - if it is asleep it will wake up as soon as you park. Most cases the stupid owners have left the window down a crack thinking that will be sufficient.

[eek]

An excellent place to eat chips, too, if I might be so bold.

Next door to that chippy is now a very nice and cheap holiday cottage...... Can provide details if you like walking....

[d000hg]

Quite.

It's much more serious leaving a dog in car.

The protectors of furry animals always prosecute to the limits of the law.

Wunch of Bankers.

That's a good point. Bizarre.

[NickFitz]

Can you just give me the gist?

Parents have been known to accidentally leave their children in cars, usually when something has happened to break their routine and cause them to forget the child is there. On a hot day, this can rapidly cause the death of the child.

It is suggested that such forgetfulness cannot, in many cases, be dismissed as mere carelessness or irresponsibility: it is related to the very way the human brain is structured, and the way different areas thereof interact to form memories and control our capacity to remember things.

Thus such parents cannot be equated with those who are careless or irresponsible, and it is unreasonable to subject them to criminal proceedings.

Parents who have suffered such a tragic event are found equally in all classes of society, all levels of educational attainment, all races, and both sexes. There is no pattern to be discerned, because the tragedy is a consequence of the parent being human.

[d000hg]

Or cheese.

Unless you want to ripen it quickly.

[eek]

Or cheese.

or chocolate (even when not particularly hot, remembering 1 purchase at Mullion which melted in the 30 minutes we spent eating chips at the Lizard)..

[mudskipper]

Or dogs.

Or cheese.

[d000hg]

Or dogs.

[MyUserName]

Dunno - reading it probably means you're aware of it and therefore less likely to make the same mistake...

Can you just give me the gist?

[mudskipper]

Dunno - reading it probably means you're aware of it and therefore less likely to make the same mistake...

[psychocandy]

I decided not to read it because it might be upsetting (I am a dad of two toddlers), I am guessing I made the right decision?

Dont read it. It'll ruin your whole day :-(

[MyUserName]

First one awful. Wish I'd never read that (as Dad of 7 month old).

Wonder if I can get one of those alarm things that they mention? i.e. if something is on back seat.

I decided not to read it because it might be upsetting (I am a dad of two toddlers), I am guessing I made the right decision?