PETA’s Superheroes Urges Us All to Save Pets from the Heat

They play superheroes on the big and small screens, and now, Marvel stars Danai Gurira and Krysten Ritter are acting as real-life superheroes to dogs as they star in a PSA blitz popping up above gas pumps across Albany, warning drivers never to leave an animal in a hot car. The campaign follows reports that 14 dogs died in Albany in June after being left in a hot RV overnight. This year in the U.S. alone, at least 94 dogs and cats have died from heat-related causes, including at least 72 inside vehicles. On a 70-degree day, the temperature inside a parked car can soar to 99 degrees in 20 minutes. Rachel Bellis of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) talks to Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.