ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Alexandria City Council passed an ordinance in November that bans animals from being left in vehicles when the outside temperature reaches 70 degrees or above.
Patrick Cole, director of communications and outreach with the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, says Alexandria animal control has gotten multiple calls about pets being left in hot cars with our recent warmer weather.
He says that the new law, "gives our animal control officers the authority to break in or enter a car to retrieve an animal that's in distress."
Before the new law, animal control officers had to wait until the owner returned, which meant in some case waiting until it was too late for the animal.
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Should be a law every where. Then replace the window and put the aminil owner in it.
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