Extreme heat means danger for pets

With this week’s extreme heat, officials are reminding you to keep your pets safe in these dangerous conditions.

Columbus Animal Care Services says that you should make sure to provide your pets plenty of fresh water to drink and to make sure not to exercise your pets when the temperatures and pavement are at their hottest. You can avoid heat related illnesses by bringing your pets indoors.

And they stress that you should never leave a pet in a parked vehicle. With these extreme temperatures, a car can quickly reach more than 100 degrees. Those temperatures can easily become fatal to your pets.

A heat advisory is in effect until Friday evening with heat indexes above 100 forecast for afternoons all week. The National Weather Service is calling this an extreme heat risk event.