Pet & Animal Care During Heat Waves or Hot Summer Days

It is really important to think of the pets and other animals in our care. The concrete jungle isn’t as pet friendly as it should be and we need to be aware of it.

Leaving your pet or child in the car for 1 minute can create an environment that can hurt them. We took images every 30 seconds and it shocked us to see how fast solar radiation impacts the inside of vehicles, their houses and the ground they walk on.

If you can’t stand 5 minutes in the closed car without air conditioning, neither can they.

Running your dog on concrete with the pads on the bottom of their feet exposed burns them and they can’t tell you. Pay attention, their lives depend on you.

Our imaging of urban heat island effect today showed birds of all kinds, beaks open because of the heat and there isn’t an available water supply. Earthworms didn’t know to stay off the concrete and fried before they could cross it.

Go to this link to see shade effect and different colors generate different heat. We have a responsibility to building sustainably and not impact future generations or ecosystems.