You should always call your local animal control officer and the police. States have dofferebt laws about breaking into vehicles to save at risk animals. In Massachusetts you can.

We have it in our policy to inform protective services and they then contact the police.

(I also work at an animal shelter on the side).

Hope that helps!
Sarah Gillis
Worcester Art Museum

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From: Diane Hall
Date: Thu, Jul 26, 2018 4:44 PM
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Subject:[MUSEUM-L] Dog Left in Car in Museum Parking Lot

I’m wondering how other museums handle this kind of situation.

Today someone tried to come into our museum with a dog (not a service animal). We told her that only service animals are permitted in the museum. Apparently, she then went and put the dog in her car and left it there for over an hour. I was out of the museum at the time but was informed that this upset at least two staff members.

My question is, if this happens again with someone leaving their pet in a car in our parking lot, how should we handle it? I hate the thought of a poor dog being put at risk by being stuck in a car on a hot day. Our museum is small enough that it wouldn’t be too difficult to locate the owner, I just don’t know what, if anything, we could say to them.

Has anyone else run into this before? How did you handle it?

Diane

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