If you live in Florida and see an animal in a hot car you now have the right to intervene and break in. This includes smashing the windows if the car is locked. An animal has only a small (minutes) window of time before death in these situations.
Recently Republican Governor Rick Scott signed House bill 131 into law allowing Floridians to break into locked automobiles to rescue animals or vulnerable people who are in imminent danger of suffering harm.
The bill comes as a direct response to the growing number of incidents where pets and children have died because they are left in overheated cars.
If you are hesitant to take things into your own hands, please feel free to call 911 and report the scene.
There are also flyers you can place on cars if you think there is time for a safe response.
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