# Dogs shut in car in parking lot. Need answer fast.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-shut-in-car-in-parking-lot-need-answer-fast/581646 "2011-05-12T13:09:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-shut-in-car-in-parking-lot-need-answer-fast/581646/69 "2011-05-12T19:26:48Z")

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> [@misterW](#):
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> I’m with you with on being careful about dogs in hot cars… but how does a dog die on a cool day with the windows open? What kind of definition are you using for “cool day?”

The OP of the thread I linked to mentioned that Sunday was a “cool spring day.”

> [@I killed my dog today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-my-dog-today/581203/37):
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> Something I’ve learned by reading last night: A cracked window won’t help a dog or baby left in a car. Maggie died on a cool spring day so the outside temperature doesn’t really matter. I suppose a winter day might be safe but I wouldn’t want to risk it.

No specific temperature was mentioned.

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