I pulled into a parking lot of a restaurant around noon on June 26 and noticed a dog in a car with one window about one-third of the way down and no shade. I waited 5 minutes and asked another person in the parking lot if they could go inside and let someone know. I waited and decided to call 911, was transferred to Animal Control, got a recording and left the location and license number. The dog looked in distress, so after another 5 minutes, I called 911 again and told her what was going on. I was told that if the dog was barking, it wasn’t in distress. The dispatcher did take the vehicle information. I’m disappointed in the way I was spoken to and how I was left with the feeling that I was bothering busy county employees. Maybe I was, so just tell me if that’s the case.
Julie Baun
Vancouver
