DUers in Extreme Heat Zones: Please Look Out for Suffering Animals

[Arugula Latte]

If you see animals in distress, without shelter from the sun, without water, etc., please do what you can to help them, such taking action to cool them down immediately and contacting local humane societies.

Thank you for your compassion!

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1. So. NV. here.

All our animals are inside.

[Arugula Latte]

2. ...

[GoCubsGo]

3. Thanks. That includes the wildlife.

The birds and other critters will thank you if you put out a shallow pan or two of water for them.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Yes. I do that for birds & squirrels & raccoons, etc., when it gets hot here.

Good suggestion.

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7. We keep 2 buckets of water outside for the wild animals

one large one for the coyotes, raccoons, etc. and one smaller one for the birds, rabbits, etc.,

[pnwmom]

12. How do they know which to use?

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13. I put labels on them.

LOL.
I figure animals are smarter than humans.

[pnwmom]

14. Wow. Your animals are way smarter than mine. n/t

[premium]

16. Naw, my domestic animals are dumb as rocks,

it's the wild animals that hang around our house.

[RILib]

19. those shallow pans dry up quickly, keep an eye on them for refilling.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Definitely!

Just don't fill too deep so the birdies can't bathe. Not a bad idea to put out some bigger tubs, too, if you get a lot of larger animals, such as deer.

[chillfactor]

4. my puppy is inside as are my neighbors

I only have one neighbor...where I live I see more bears and coyotes than I do household pets

[Cleita]

6. Don't forget our feathered friends too.

It's 96 here today, not our usual weather for June. I have been going around filling the bird baths and other containers with water for the birds. We don't have any nearby streams or ponds for them to drink from.

[dipsydoodle]

8. If you see a dog in a car with all the windows closed

break one of them.

[pinboy3niner]

11. Break ALL of them!

[sorefeet]

17. I just confronted some guy

less that an hour ago. I came out of the grocery store (small town) and there it was a puppy in a car with all the windows up, dark green too. Parked right out front in full sun. I freak at the stupidity. I go across the street, under the huge cottonwoods where my truck with the windows down and my dog are parked. I drive over to the store and wait, he comes out in maybe one minute, total time for him maybe four minutes. I say ya know it don't take long in this heat. He says, DUDE I was only in their for a minute. I said I know, I know, then I walked away, I hope he got the message. I see it all the time and they all got an excuse. Why couldn't the lazy fucker park his car under the enormous shade. All it takes is for him to get distracted for too long and the dog is dead. I would have waited a couple more minutes and then went in the store and raised big hell with witnesses if he didn't show up pretty quick.

[protect our future]

27. Thank you for what you did! n/t

[totodeinhere]

22. Pets shouldn't be left in cars even with the windows cracked in heat like this.

I'm lucky enough to be able to afford air conditioning and I have an ice maker but many are not that fortunate. This heat can be especially pernicious to the elderly.

[NOLALady]

9. We have a pond.

But, we still keep shallow containers for the birds.

[Safetykitten]

10. +1

[flamingdem]

15. ++

[Iliyah]

18. Look out for Seniors and small children as well

Well it feels like the 90s here in Los Angeles, but other parts of Cali is smoking and my gosh Nevada and other states.

[Arugula Latte]

26. Yes indeed.

If, for example, you know an elderly neighbor doesn't have AC, check in on them, etc.

[mountain grammy]

20. A message worth repeating over and over..

[AtomicKitten]

21. Yes! Thank you.

[noamnety]

24. take action to cool them down immediately

Best post to signature match ever.

[SidDithers]

25. And stay hydrated!!...nt

Sid

[protect our future]

28. Please also look out for people like me

who cannot stand temperatures above 90 and whose face will turn beet red just before collapsing. I'm right now in a wonderfully cool climate, but in the next few days I'll be returning to the gates of hell.