PETA Gets DMV to Warn About Leaving Animals in Cars

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Updated: 4:59 AM Sep 3, 2010 PETA Gets DMV to Warn About Leaving Animals in Cars At the urging of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles plans to warn motorists that leaving dogs and cats unattended in hot cars is a crime. Posted: 10:01 PM Sep 2, 2010

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RENO, Nev. (AP) - At the urging of People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles plans
to warn motorists that leaving dogs and cats unattended in hot cars
is a crime.

DMV spokesman Tom Jacobs says his agency will follow
California's lead by adding language to the state driver's handbook
warning motorists about the law.

PETA, in a letter sent Thursday to Nevada DMV Director Edgar
Roberts, says the action would save lives.

Jacobs says Roberts considers it a reasonable request, and plans
to update the electronic version of the handbook as soon as
possible and the print version sometime after the end of the 2011
Legislature.

PETA says on a 78-degree day, the temperature inside a parked
car can soar to over 100 degrees in minutes.

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