TORONTO – Two people have been charged after a dog died after being left in a sweltering car at Vaughan Mills shopping mall, Sunday afternoon.
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Sunday, a chocolate Labrador was found barely alive after mall security received a tip from another shopper.
The dog had reportedly been left in the car for two hours.
Emergency crews smashed the car windows and retrieved the dog but the one-year old Labrador had already died.
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Two people, 21-year old Matthieu Arbour, and 20 year old Angele Lazurko – both from Val Caron, a small town north of Sudbury – have been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
Both accused have been released from custody and are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
Sunday’s temperature was close to 30 degrees with a humidex value in the high 30s.
Meanwhile, Toronto Police say a similar incident happened Monday afternoon when a chihuahua was found locked inside a car at Sheway Gardens.
This time, authorities managed to pull the dog out safely from the vehicle and fined the owner $260 for failing to provide water.
Police estimate the animal was in the vehicle for about an hour.
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