WAKE UP PARENTS AND PET OWNERS!!
We are barely into summer and kids are dying across N. America this season. Either forgotten in the car or a pool with no safety features and a curious child looking to play in the water and parents in the house not watching a young child.
A 3 year old in Edmonton is dead after being left in the car outside her home, an Ontario girl is fighting for her life after being left unattended and falling into the family pool. An Ontario boy died from being left in the car. All within days of each other, but still no one is paying attention.
In the US, 7 kids died from being left in the car in May.
No one is being charged with these crimes and maybe it's about time they were. Letting them off the hook each time because of a so called accident isn't waking them up. More are dying despite the warnings about the dangers so it's time to start charging them, maybe only then will others pay attention and prevent another death instead of waiting until the next one.
The police need to step up to the plate and start holding seminars with parents. It should be mandatory for all that will be in charge of a child. Teach them what can happen, let them see the end results of leaving them in cars or no safety around a pool.
It should be mandatory to have a proper fence and gate around pools and can't buy one without it. Forget waiting for the parents to add it in after the fact, the deaths show they are not doing that.
I just don't get it, what will it take to stop these needless deaths? Maybe this sobering stats page will help. It's from the US
Heatstroke Deaths of kids left in vehicles site.
http://ggweather.com/heat/Total number of U.S. heatstroke deaths of children left in cars, 2013: 15
Total number of U.S. heatstroke deaths of children left in cars, 2012: 32
Total number of U.S. heatstroke deaths of children left in cars, 1998-present: 575
If you really need to take your pet with you on your outings, then make sure he/she can go in the stores with you. Otherwise why take them for a ride that can lead to death when left in a car? They are just as much at risk at kids, so if you don't need to take them let them stay in the cool of home. More than one has died so far this year and I found it odd that some owners were annoyed when the car was broken into to rescue the animal. The "I was just gone a minute" excuse isn't working yet they keep using it. The car window is more important to them then the animal suffering inside. If you can't take proper care then don't have a pet.