Two dogs were left in a car for over two hours as temperatures soared at a Cornwall beach town today
- Devon and Cornwall Police were called to a locked vehicle near Looe beach
- Two dogs were reportedly left inside the car for as much as two hours on Sunday
- It is thought that police smashed the windows of the car to rescue the animals
Two dogs were reportedly left in a car for more than two hours as temperatures soared at a Cornwall beach town today.
Devon and Cornwall Police officers were called and are thought to have smashed the windows to rescue the animals, which had been left in the locked vehicle near Looe beach, despite the heatwave.
One local man, who posted about the incident on social media, said the dogs had been left in the car ‘for over two hours’ and no-one had returned to the car to check on them.
Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Looe beach after reports of two dogs locked in a car
Kieran Mccrash Mclelland said the police were already at the scene when he noticed the dogs in the car.
Temperatures at Looe reached 23°C (73.4°F) on Sunday afternoon.
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