Families demand accountability after dogs die at pet facilities in heat

Two families are demanding accountability after their dogs died while in the care of pet-service businesses during hot weather. In Illinois, six-year-old Labrador Miller allegedly spent about seven hours locked in a crate inside a daycare van on a day when temperatures reached 97 degrees; the facility expressed remorse, and its owner was arrested on a cruelty-to-animals charge. In Yorkshire, three-year-old Goldendoodle Poppy died after being left unsupervised for nearly four hours at a boarding and grooming business during temperatures of about 30 degrees Celsius, with a veterinary report attributing her death to extreme heat. The families say the incidents have devastated them and raised serious questions about basic supervision and safety standards at pet-care facilities.