Summer is also a busy time of year for calls related to animals, mostly dogs, locked in a rapidly-heating vehicle. A new state law now allows someone to legally break into a vehicle to make a rescue. But in Grass Valley, Police Chief Alex Gammelgard says there have been no such instances so far…
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Gammelgard says in rare instances, law enforcement has had to break into a vehicle, although not actually by breaking glass but using tools they have available. He says pet owners are usually found in a store, where they’re sometimes paged, but are rarely cited…
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Animal advocates say it can take as little as 15 minutes for a hot animal to suffer brain damage.
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