I left early one dark morning for a horseshow. I had a bag of feed in my Honda stationwagon and opened the rear hatch to get it. I didn’t realize my black dog had jumped in the car. I closed the hatch door and left. When I got back my dog had totaled the inside of my car. He was in there about twelve hours. Fortunately, the insurance company paid for everything. I just especially remember my THEN husband’s comment...”look at the car”. Actually, it was his fault for not checking on the dog all day!
Had that occurred in FloriDUH, it would have been “animal abuse” and a jail sentence would be likely. Make that a sure thing if they knew you were a conservative.