Should it be legal to smash a car window to save an aniamal?

[lemons]

Don't think anyone decided they'd pull up a chair and watch

well that's basically what you're doing waiting for police or rspca to come

god knows how long they will take especially rspca

[LoveToStack]

If you can prove beyond reasonable doubt that the animal in the car is about to die then maybe consider intervening. Even then best call the police or the RSPCA before smashing someone's window. With that said, how do you know that an animal in a car is in need of saving? You don't know when you see an animal in a car that it's in for a 2 hour wait, baking in the hot sun. You have no way of knowing that the animal's owner hasn't popped into a shop and will be back in seconds or not.

Then consider if it was legal to smash a window to "save an animal?". Where do you draw the line? Bear in mind that if you're driving down a road, the law says you should attempt to stop if a dog darts in front of your car but if a cat jumps out then then you're not obliged to stop if it isn't safe. Are similar distinctions needed here? Is it OK to smash someone's window to save a dog in high temperatures but not OK to save someone's cat? Is it OK to smash a window to save someone's pet rat but not OK to smash a window to save someone's ant farm? If so then it has to be considered how these distinctions should be made.

Personally I don't think it should be legal.

[Americanozz]

Depending on the state of the animal, if it looks really bad, then 100% yes, but if it's only been in there like 5 minutes then call the police/rspca