A dog owner has been arrested after they left four dogs in stifling conditions in a hot car in Merl on Saturday afternoon.
As temperatures soared close to 30 degrees Celsius on Saturday, the four pets were left without water in the overheated car parked in rue Beatrix de Bourbon.
The animals were finally released when concerned witnesses notified police at around 12.30pm. The dogs have since been placed in a shelter in Gasperich.
Police eventually traced the dog's owner who was arrested and detained. The owner, a woman, was previously known to police for having rung up debts amounting to several thousand euros and received a driving ban. She was previously sought by police to serve a four-month prison sentence. The woman has since been detained at Schrassig prison.