A 67-year-old man who police say left his dog unattended in a vehicle in a parking lot on a hot day and confronted bystanders who gave the dog water \u2014 eventually hitting one with his vehicle \u2014 has been given several provincial tickets.<\/p>\n
Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Winnipeg police officers were called to a grocery store on Osborne Street, between Kylemore Avenue and Baltimore Road, with a report a large German shepherd dog had been left unattended in a vehicle there.<\/p>\n
The vehicle was already gone when they got there, police said in a Friday news release. But their investigation determined a man had parked in the lot and went into the grocery store, leaving his dog in the vehicle, the release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Temperatures reached about 30 C, with a humidex of 43, on the day of the incident, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Several bystanders were worried about the dog and gave it cold water through the vehicle’s slightly open window.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At one point, the man left the store to confront bystanders before returning to the store, police said.<\/p>\n
When he came back to the vehicle, he was “belligerent” with bystanders. As he drove off, he struck a bystander with his vehicle, reversed into a parked pickup truck and sped off, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officers identified the driver and went to a home in the Lord Roberts neighbourhood, where they found the German shepherd tied in the backyard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 67-year-old man received several tickets for provincial offences.<\/p>\n
He was ticketed under Manitoba’s Animal Care Act for inflicting suffering, anxiety and distress on an animal; failing to ensure adequate source of food or water for an animal; and failing to provide an animal with reasonable protection from injurious heat or cold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was also ticketed under the Highway Traffic Act for driving carelessly, parking where prohibited and failing to exchange particulars.\u00a0<\/p>\n