Multiple dogs being transported in a truck through Lake Station on Thursday died of heat-related illness after temperatures in the truck’s cargo area reached dangerous levels, according to police.
In a statement posted to Facebook early on Friday morning, the Lake Station Police Department wrote that the dogs were being transported from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City amid the day’s extreme heat.The animals were confined to crates in the truck’s separate cargo area.
Jennifer Webber, the Humane Society’s executive director, wrote in a statement released on Friday that she followed her organization’s standard procedures, asking the driver of the truck to provide vaccination records for the animals, along with permitted health certificates which establish temperatures safe for transport and a certified veterinary license required to transport the dogs across state lines.
The driver again refused to comply, Webber said, and said he would not allow Humane Society staff to transport the animals in their vehicles. Police at the scene respected the driver’s wishes, and the animals were transported to two local animal hospitals by emergency medical services, which arrived later, according to Webber.
“We have an amazing relationship with Lake Station animal control and Mayor Bill Carroll and the city council,” Webber told the Post-Tribune. “I have never conducted an animal investigation or assessment or acquisition like this before. It was completely out of protocol.”
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