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Animal advocate urges Clinton City to create protocol after dog left in hot car

5680579 · August 26, 2025
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At the Aug. 26 city council meeting, resident Janet Turpin described finding a dog alone in a parked car on a 83-degree afternoon and urged the city to adopt a formal protocol for animal-control response and public education.

Janet Turpin told the Clinton City Council on Aug. 26 that she found a dog left in a parked, non-running vehicle near Jewel on a recent 83-degree afternoon and that the vehicle’s windows were “barely cracked.” She said she waited about 15 minutes for animal control to arrive and estimated the dog had been inside the vehicle for at least 30 minutes. Turpin said neither she nor other animal advocates…

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