Stuff like this is REALLY starting to tick me off....
yesterday this story was in the news
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A local woman was trying to help some dogs left in a car and ended up getting fired.
Valerie Cheathem was the assistant manager of precious jewelry at Neiman Marcus in Buckhead.
"Two of my co-workers and a police officer were pointing out the window saying two dogs were locked in car on the parking," said Cheatham.
Cheathem says it was 90 degrees that day. She got the number for animal control and went to write down the tag number on the black BMW, when she realized the sun roof was open and decided to get some water to the dogs.
"Because the car was so tall, I could not reach inside. So, I took off my shoes and got on the hood. That's when the owner came out, yelling screaming cursing."
The owner of the dogs, Ramona Lindsey, said Cheathem damaged her $80,000 car. She complained about Cheathem's actions to store managers and filed a police report.
In the police report, the officer says other customers complained of seeing the dogs in the car. Atlanta Humane Society officials say even with the sunroof open, the temperature in a car can climb to 105 degrees in under five minutes.
Lindsey, who says she spends thousands of dollars a year at the store, says she was trying on clothes for between 15 and 40 minutes. Cheathem was fired for improper behavior.
11Alive asked Neiman Marcus to comment on Cheathem's firing. A corporate spokesman says they do not comment on personnel issues.
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http://www.11alive.com/news/news_art...?storyid=68054
then there was this one
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A woman who spent the past two decades rescuing animals faced a judge in Clayton County Wednesday on charges she harmed her own dog.
Patricia Siems, the president of All Dog and Cat Rescue Angels in Lawrenceville, was arrested in Forest Park Tuesday by authorities who say she left her dog in a hot vehicle for more than two hours.
Siems was attending a Georgia Companion Animal Advisory Board meeting when members of the Department of Agriculture's animal control section parked next to her and spotted the animal alone in the car.
The animal control officers tested the car's temperature at 103 degrees, waited for Siems to return to her vehicle and arrested her on a charge of one count of animal cruelty.
Siems said she left the meeting three times in two-and-a-half-hours to run the car's air conditioning for her dog, Hank, and to give him water. She also said she left the windows down halfway.
“She is 200 percent for the animals, she went to check on Hank three times, turned on the air conditioning, she gave him water, he was not in distress,” said Patricia Dougherty, a friend of Siems. “If you could have seen him when he got out of the car, he was rolling over, sitting, doing tricks for everybody.
Dr. Gloria Dorsey of the Atlanta Humane Society said a pet’s life is at risk when left inside a car. “You’re looking at the potential for brain injury, or even death,” she said.
Dougherty said Siems’ actions were a result of “bad judgment.”
“This woman has done more for the rescue committee, more for animals than most people I know,” she said.
Siems was released after posting bond.
If convicted, Siems would likely have her license to operate a shelter revoked.
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http://www.11alive.com/help/search/s...?storyid=67567
Yesterday Dave and I went to Barnes and Noble to do some shopping, when we got out of the car, there was a car next to us with all the windows rolled up...you could hear a dog yelping inside it.....we had a heat index of 105 degrees yesterday.
What the hell are these people thinking? They "love" their pet enuff to take them with them during the day, going somewhere they know full well where they will have to stay in the car IN HEAT LIKE THIS?!?!?
I really really really wanted to find the owner of that car and smack the hell out of them...While I was walking around B & N I was talking to Dave about the "idiot" who must hate animals enuff to leave them in an oven while they enjoyed their shopping in a nice air conditioned place. UGH
I cant BELIEVE these people actually think they arent doing anything wrong!!!!