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Articles From Elizabeth Zurek

What’s the Law? Dogs in Hot Cars By Elizabeth Zurek Animal Law, May 2025 Some states allow individual citizens to enter a car, including by means of breaking a window, in order to rescue an animal. In Illinois, only a law enforcement officer can do so, using “any reasonable means under the circumstances.” 

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