The driver said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering.
-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast," Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you'd give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.” "This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
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