FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Summer Heat Pet Safety Alert
Lynnwood Police have zero tolerance for pets left in vehicles
LYNNWOOD, WA (June 11, 2019) - Even with windows open and water available, the inside of a vehicle on an 80 degree day can rise over 100 degrees within minutes. Animals become stressed very quickly.
The Lynnwood Police would like to remind residents to keep their animals at home, plan their trips carefully when animals are in vehicles and do not make stops that leave animals in vehicles. Failure to provide an animal with necessary shelter, rest, sanitation, space, or medical attention resulting in the unnecessary suffering of an animal is a violation of the Lynnwood Municipal Code.
If you see an animal in distress in a vehicle, please call 911 immediately.
And remember: if the pavement is hot to the touch of a human hand, it is too hot for a pet’s paws! Keep your pets cool on grass and in shade.
 Image from veterinaryclinic.com
Lisa Wellington, Crime Prevention Specialist
LWellington@LynnwoodWA.go
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