RCMP are reminding people not to leave their pets in vehicles unattended after a 71-year-old man was fined $697.50 on Saturday in Fall River, N.S. Someone reported finding a dog in a car in a parking lot along Highway 2 around 3 p.m., according to a news release from Nova Scotia RCMP. When officers arrived, they ticketed the dog's owner under the Animal Protection Act for causing an animal distress, RCMP said. It also said that calling the Nova Scotia SPCA can help determine if a dog is actually in distress. Police are asking people who see an animal in distress to look for the owner, including going into nearby stores to have them paged.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2021 15:34 UTC