{"id":895,"date":"2014-05-20T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feltonveterinaryhospital.com\/video-never-leave-pets-alone-in-hot-cars\/"},"modified":"2022-11-20T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T20:00:38","slug":"video-never-leave-pets-alone-in-hot-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feltonveterinaryhospital.com\/blog\/video-never-leave-pets-alone-in-hot-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Leave Pets Alone in Hot Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never leave your pet in a parked car. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/people\/injury\/enforce\/childrenandcars\/pages\/unattend-hotcars.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temperatures inside parked cars<\/a> can rise rapidly and cause <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetstreet.com\/our-pet-experts\/supervets-tips-for-battling-heatstroke-in-dogs\">heatstroke<\/a>, organ and brain damage, and even death. Just imagine how terrible being trapped in a hot car would be \u2014 and then imagine wearing a fur coat at the same time!<\/p>\n<p>Our pets would <em>never<\/em> leave us in the parking lot. 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