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Dogs Left In Cold Car Parked in OSU Parking Lot

Updated: Friday, January 25 2013, 03:12 PM EST
COLUMBUS -- OSU Police say four dogs were left in a vehicle for an unknown amount of time on Thursday evening without any heat.

ABC6/FOX28 was at the OSU Wexner Medical Center parking lot around 6:00 p.m. after a concerned viewer called our newsroom and campus police.

Our camera's found four dogs in a car barking with no heat and no sign of food or it's owner.

Witnesses say the dogs were left unattended all day.

"I left my office you at 5:15 and found two people standing by the car, " said Julie Caldwell. "They said they saw the dogs and they was this morning around 8 a.m."

Campus police were able to make contact with the car's owner, who later showed up on scene.

The man wouldn't identify himself on camera but he did identify himself as a hospital employee.

He showed investigators an ID badge say, "The car has been parked since 8 a.m. The last time it was attended to was at 3 p.m. and the dogs were walked then."

Police have not released the name of the driver as the incident is still under investigation.

Stay with ABC6/FOX28 on-air and online for more information.

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Reporters: Tom Sussi, Dave Detling
Dogs Left In Cold Car Parked in OSU Parking Lot