Your parked car is not a doghouse | Letters to the editor

As the dog days of summer bring scorching temperatures, animal lovers should remember that hot dogs belong on the grill — not in parked cars.

While never a good idea, leaving your pet alone in a vehicle — even during a quick errand — is especially dangerous this time of year.

A parked car can become an oven under the sun, even in mild temperatures. When it’s a comfortable 70 degrees outside, the inside of a vehicle can climb to almost 90 degrees after only 10 minutes and creep into triple-digit temperatures after half an hour.