People who leave their pets in certain places could face charges.

What kinds of places are we talking about?

A lot of people like to take their animals for a ride in the car...but they don't have anywhere to put them when they need to stop for a minute...and that is when they leave them in the car.

And in some cases that can spell danger for everyone involved.

On a warm summer day cars can reach up to and even more than 100 degrees inside.

Animal control officers in Marion County say they've received several complaints in the past few days about animals locked in cars while their owner is inside a store shopping.

In one instance the animal was dead by the time crews arrived on scene.

They say the problem is even with the windows down, pets can still suffer.

In warm weather, it only takes six minutes for an animal to die in a car.

For that reason Animal control supervisor of Marion County says if you leave your pet in a car or outside without shade or water, you could face some pretty serious charges.

“We definitely do ticket and charge the person who owns the animal or the person with the animal in the car. They would be charged with neglect and then would be prosecuted” says Lilabeth Crosby of Marion County Animal Control.

Crosby says that if you would see any animal locked in a car, especially on a hot day, take down the license plate number and go into the store or restaurant and have that person paged.

If that doesn't work, call the police or animal control.