Sandra, Thank you so much for providing us with this useful tool. Just last month I had a the manager of a grocery store page for the owner of a black Honda with a Dalmation inside. All the windows were up and the moon roof was closed. Although it was about 4:30 in the afternoon, it was still about 78 degeees outside. When the young woman was "found", she wasn't all that thrilled with me and protested that the moon roof was open all the way --- she ALWAYS leaves it open ... It wasn't open and I politely let her know it! Several people stopped me on the way out of the market to let me know how great they thought it was that I had the owner paged and told her about the danger she'd put her dog in. One man thought I should have called the police (which, BTW, I would have done had I not been able to find the owner of the car). I think these AKC Warning Posters are good to leave as 'reminders' when you see a dog in a car that DOES have some ventilation, however, in the case of a truly dangerous situation, such as the one I described, there is no substitiute for immediate ACTION - either tracking down the owner or calling the police. People's ignorqance as to the potential death trap a closed up vehicle on a hot day provides to children, pets and the elderly is mind blowing!! This Summer in Southern California alone, we have had at least five babies and/or toddlers die in parked cars on hot days. Last year, a Police officer was tried and convicted for leaving his partner, a German Sherpard,in his car for several hours on a warm day resulting in his death. I must add that the officer was completely devastated by his dog's death and was suffering more due to knowing it was his fault than he could from any formal punishment that could be brought upon him. I figure if it can happen to a trained officer of the law, it can happen to any of us!! Again, Sandra, thank you for the timely reminder and the nifty AKC Warning Posters! All the best, Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
