Leaving animals in cars unattended is illegal in some places. Please check local ordinances (http://www.municode.com/) to see if this is the case in your town. If it is not, ask your local and state legislators to make this issue a top priority. For contact information, go to http://www.PETA.org/action/activism-guide/passing-legislation.aspx. You may also wish to write letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines to raise awareness of this issue; for letter-writing tips, see http://www.PETA.org/action/activism-guide/letter-writing.aspx. If you see a dog left alone in a car, please go into the building where the car is parked and ask that the car’s owner be paged because the dog is in serious danger. Some people may resist because they’ll “only be a few more minutes,” but that is all it takes to make the difference between life and death for the dog. Call animal control and/or the police; it is their responsibility to respond to situations like this. Be stubborn, cry if you have