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Police officers rescued a tiny 8-week old pup from inside a sweltering hot car parked outside a Texas Walmart where she’d been trapped for at least 30 minutes because her owner “didn’t want to waste gas.”
It was about 4:00pm on Saturday when a good Samaritan spotted an 8-week old puppy locked inside a car parked outside the Manor, Texas Walmart store and contacted police.
According to a Manor Police Department report, when officers arrived, they discovered the puppy in distress, crying, panting, and trying to find shade beneath a rear passenger seat inside the Ford Focus. All four windows were rolled up and the sunroof was slightly opened.
Temperatures outside at the time were around 100-degrees. It was much hotter inside the vehicle.
As seen in the dashcam video below, officers reached through the partially opened sunroof with a tire iron to press the doors unlocked and rescue the struggling dog.
In addition to suffering from the extreme heat, officers said the was puppy infested with fleas, had several lesions, and appeared to be in poor condition.
The dog’s owner, 20-year old Chandler Bullen, returned to his vehicle as officers were providing the puppy with water and trying to cool her off.
He told police that he’d been shopping inside the Walmart store for about 30-minutes. He explained that he’d left his dog, an 8-week old Shepherd-mix named Annabelle, in the car because he didn’t want to waste his gas to either drive the pup home or leave the vehicle and air conditioner running.
“The officers just spoke with him and asked him why, you know, they left the animal in there with the windows up and the extreme heat,” Manor Police Sgt. Randall Anderson told KXAN. “And his reaction was, basically, he didn’t want to waste gas.”
Bullen was arrested on a single charge of Cruelty to Non-Livestock Animals, a Class A Misdemeanor, after he “knowingly and intentionally failed unreasonably to provide necessary shelter and water for an animal in his custody.”
Bullen’s bond was set at $4,000. He could face up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted.
Annabelle is currently being cared for by the Austin Animal Center while awaiting her owner’s court date where it will be determined if she returns to Bullen or is made available for adoption.
Peggy
Jun 23, 2017 at 2:27 am
Let's put his stupid ass in the car with the windows all rolled up. See how he likes it. Please do not give that poor baby back to him cause you don't know what he'll do to it.
Betty
Jun 22, 2017 at 9:09 pm
Any one that leaves a child or pet of any kind in a hot car, and the child and or pet is rescued in time, should not be returned to parent or owner. There has been a lot of life lost by extreme STUPID IDIOTS leaving these helpless children and pets in extreme situations, such as HOT cars. I feel that these STUPID IDIOTS should be put in the same situation for twice the length of time in which they have endangered children and or pets. Maybe these STUPID IDIOTS, (MIGHT FINALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN STUPIDITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!