Resurfaced Video Of Cat Left Inside Parked Car Reminds Us The Forgotten Dangers Of Heat
This viral video that has resurfaced is reminder to never leave your cat, dog and child in a parked car.
By Darian Goh — 04 Dec 2014, 03:54 PM — Updated almost 10 years ago
A video of a woman angrily screaming at two ladies for leaving their pet cat locked in the car in the hot sun resurfaced online and went viral with over 1290 shares in two days
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The video starts off with a woman questioning two other women whether they left a cat in their car. She then chided them for leaving their cat alone for 30 minutes in the hot sun.
In all her anger, she explained that she had went to the information counter to page the cat owners but received no response. "How can you leave your cat here?" She repeated called them "kejam" (cruel) and made sure she captured the car plate number before storming off.
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Opinions on the matter were mixed. Bringing up the issue of racism, some questioned whether it was a stunt to publicly humiliate the cat owners. It is wrong to leave the cat in the car, but it is also wrong to purposely shame someone, says one commenter.
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Other questioned why the woman had to use rough language when she could have nicely approached the cat owners
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Most commenters reminded each other that the issue here is not about race, but about animal abuse
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What is the lady so furious at the cat owners for leaving their pet in the car? Animals can die of heatstroke in just 15 minutes. The hot and humid weather of Malaysia makes it more severe.
Animals can sustain brain damage or even die from heatstroke in just 15 minutes. Beating the heat is extra tough for dogs because they can only cool themselves by panting and by sweating through their paw pads.
Temperatures in cars can reach up to 70°C in less than 10 minutes. To illustrate this, this man perfectly demonstrates how hot a parked car with the windows up could be.
On a 78-degree day, the temperature inside a parked car can soar to between 100 and 120 degrees in just minutes, and on a 90-degree day, the interior temperature can reach as high as 160 degrees in less than 10 minutes.
When it’s 22°C/72°F outside, the temperature inside a car can reach 47°C/117°F within 60 minutes. Dogs pant to keep cool. In hot stuffy cars dogs can’t cool down - leaving a window open or a sunshield on windscreens won’t keep your car cool enough.
rspca.org.ukIf it's difficult for men, it's worse for animals. Dogs can't cool off by sweating while cats' fur minimises the the amount of cooling its sweat can provide.
According to PETA, many pets have died to heatstroke simple because irresponsible owners leave them in their parked car, if it's just to run an errand for a quick moment
Every year, dogs suffer and die when their guardians make the mistake of leaving them in a parked car—even for “just a minute”—while they run an errand.
Vehicular heatstroke does not just apply to animals. There has been cases where toddlers and babies were left in parked cars unsupervised.
In January 2013, a 3-year old toddler died after being left alone in a parked car by his father for 9 whole hours. The father had forgotten the child during the hectic first day of school.
A three-year old boy died of suffocation and heatstroke after he was accidentally left behind in the backseat of the family's multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) for over nine hours today.
nst.com.myOn Thursday (2 Jan 2013), Muhammad Arif Mohd Yusof, three, was found dead in his parents' car where he was left forgotten during the hectic first day of school.
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