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This is the moment a woman has a furious bust-up with a dog owner who threatened to punch her after she freed his pet from a van during last week's heatwave.The heated row started in a B&M store in Lichfield, Staffordshire, after a woman claimed a dog had been left in a vehicle as temperatures soared to a blistering 34C. In a video, filmed inside the discount store, a man and a woman can be seen arguing when he accuses her of 'stealing' his dog while she claims she 'liberated' the pet pooch.The woman, who is holding the dog between her legs, says the dog was being kept in a hot car before the owner hits back that the window was open.While another shopper accused him of committing a crime. Their altercation then escalates as he starts yelling at the woman to 'give him his dog or I'll lose my s***' before she appears to shove him and he threatens to hit her.The woman in her 30s was left shaken by the encounter after the man became 'aggressive and abusive', the Birmingham Mail reported.Staffordshire Police were then called to the store at around 1pm on Wednesday June 24. The heated row started in a B&M store in Lichfield, Staffordshire, after a woman claimed a dog had been left in a vehicle as temperatures soared to a blistering 34C In the video, filmed inside the discount store, a man and a woman can be seen arguing when he accuses her of 'stealing' his dog while she claims she 'liberated' the pet poochThe force have now launched an investigation into the incident and are reviewing CCTV from the store.The RSPCA advises that even if dogs are left in cars parked in the shade, with windows open, the interior temperature of the vehicle can reach up to 47 degrees within an hour on an average summer day. In a statement, Staffordshire Police told the Daily Mail: 'We are appealing for information after a woman was verbally abused after taking action to help a dog allegedly left in a hot car.'The victim, a woman in her 30s, had spotted the dog in a car on the car park of Imperial Retail Park, Lichfield, at around lunchtime on Wednesday (24 June).'She took the dog into a nearby store, on Eastern Avenue, which was air-conditioned, before alerting staff.'The owner of the dog then reportedly became aggressive and abusive.'Officers were called by store staff to the scene at 1pm, where we spoke to the victim and staff members, before reviewing CCTV footage from the store at the time.'The woman was left shaken but unhurt.'We are keen to speak to anybody who saw what happened or anyone who may have relevant dashcam footage.'Call us on 101, use Live Chat on our website or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting incident number 455 of 24 June.'
