PET RESCUE
Moment workman smashes window to save three dogs from boot of sweltering car on hottest day of the year
THIS is the heroic moment a workman smashed through a car window to free three dogs in the sweltering boot of a car in Bristol earlier today.
Passersby had draped a sheet over the car window in an effort to keep the trio cool during the hottest day of the year earlier today before the man, reported to be a Bristol Waste worker, broke the window.
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In the clip, the dogs appear sweating and panting in the back of the vehicle as a worried crowd looks on.
A member of the public also placed a note on the windscreen which read: "Dogs die in hot cars. You have been reported to police."
And according to , it's claimed the dogs had been left in the 27C heat for two hours and no ventilation.
The crowd gathered in Tower Hill in Bristol when a passer-by noticed the three canines panting in the back of the silver car.
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The workman arrived on the scene with a lump hammer and smashed a front window, while a woman then climbed inside to open the other windows to give the dogs some air and another woman brought a bowl of water out to the dogs.
According to the paper, the owner of the dogs arrived a short time later, as a woman accompanying him claimed the dogs were "lying on an ice mat".
Bristol Waste worker Lisa Eastment, spotted the dogs while on duty and told the paper: "I stopped on the side of the road to do one of my jobs. As I stopped, the chap had the back boot opened, and I asked if they were going to be alright."
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She continued: "He said the shop did not allow dogs and he had given them some water. I kept on coming round every half hour. They have been in there since 10.40am and there has always been someone here to make sure.
"We’ve done everything we could. We rang the police, the RSPCA. I will put my hand up and say we agreed to smash the window because it was necessary and I would do it again in a second."
According to the RSPCA, Britons could end up with a criminal record if something happens to their dog after it's left alone in a car, but it is not illegal to leave a pet unattended in a vehicle.
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But if the animal becomes ill or dies as a result, you could be charged with animal cruelty.
If convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, drivers can be jailed for six months and slapped with an unlimited fine.
In May 2017, a motorist was given an 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years, banned from keeping animals for ten years and ordered to pay £1,900 in fines after his three dogs died.
Jonathan Theobald, 66, had left the pets in his car for five hours and said he "misjudged the weather very badly".
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