On Saturday afternoon, a man had been watching a terrible scene unfold in Grand Bend, Ontario as a small dog named Cotton panted very heavily in a hot car for nearly an hour and needed help, reports CtvNews.
The small dog was in rough shape when the bystander decided to take action about 6:30 in the early evening. Temperatures outside had already exceeded 82 degrees, and a concert was being held in the area. After witnesses had reported to concert officials a dog had been left in a hot car, an announcer in the event asked the owners of the dog to retrieve their pet.
"The dog was completely soaked. The owners didn't show up for another 50 minutes. I believe in another 50 minutes it could have been fatal," stated Will Costa, the man who captured the video of the good Samaritan grabbing a rock and breaking the back window of a BMW to free the pup in obvious distress.
The rescue took about 20 minutes, and when Costa posted the dog's rescue on Facebook, the video went viral. According to witnesses, a couple in their 20s assumed to be the dog's owner went to the police station. In Canada, charges for leaving animals in conditions that could risk their lives can be fined up to $60,000, sentenced to jail and/or given a lifetime ban against owning or caring for animals. It is not known if the couple were given any citations or warnings. Depending on the situation, the person breaking into the car could also be charged.
Check out the video here.
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