& dialogue
Summer's heat
threat to animals
No problem, once a dog
starts getting hot he will start to
_____ News Editor_____ perspire like humans as a pro­
Everyone has heard of the cess of cooling off. Sorry Ace,
tale about the kid who put his the only means in which a dog
cat in the microwave to dry it or cat can ‘cool down’ is to ex­
off, right? Seems stupid? The hale their hot air and inhale
result was death. The same cooler air.
The odds are still in favor
result is possible when animals
are left in a car during the sum­ of Spot since it is only 85
degrees out, right? This is
mer.
Case after case is reported where the trouble begins for the
to the Oregon Humane Society dog—even though it is only a
during the hotter months of the warm 85 degrees in the sun­
year. It is not a myth. Whether shine, the car gets approx­
the windows are rolled down imately 25 percent hotter
may not make a difference, so within the first ten minutes.
The Humane Society con­
do not kid yourself.
Actually it should not take firms that in a parked, closed
warnings to make humans car in 85 degrees weather, the
aware of this situation as temperature in the car reaches
anyone knows about the heat 102 degrees in 10 minutes.
and stickiness that accom­ After thirty minutes it tops 120
panies an automobile in the degrees, and Spot can only en­
summer. Even knowing that a dure that temperature for a
car’s temperature rises far maximum of 10 minutes.
As the temperatures out­
beyond the unbearable
temperatures outside, we leave side increase, so do the
our four-legged friends to wait dangers. Who would be stupid
in the car while we shop, eat or enough to leave Spot in a car
with all the windows up? Don’t
what have you.
Leaving Spot in the car overestimate the knowledge of
while we make a quick jaunt in­ some people.
And for the rest of you
to the store won’t hurt him,
right? If he would rather be who think that leaving the win­
dead than alive I am sure he dows down solves all the pro­
blems you showed your
won’t mind.
In fact, the Oregon stupidity, too. Even with the
Humane Society assured that windows down the car still acts
in a normal summer time “like an oven” according to the
temperature of 85 degrees if Humane Society.
The answer is easy: Do
that quick jaunt is going to take
you more than ten minutes not take your dog with you;
your dog is heading toward and if for some reason you
think it is necessary to take
some problems.
A spokesman for the them, make sure you park in a
Humane Society stated the shaded, well-ventilated area.
If you’re planning on hav­
facts quite clearly. A dog has a
body temperature between ing Spot give you the love and
102-103 degrees and if it rises warmth he gives to you the rest
above 104 degrees, the dog is of the year, keep the warmth
running into some severe pro­ away from him during the sum­
mer months.
blems.
Doug Vaughan
/the state of the art
/in the state of Oregon
James DePriest....
on the past, present and future of
the Portland Symphony.
Ted Mahar..............
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