Tragedy after seven French bulldog puppies were left in a hot car during 100F North Carolina weather after owner went to get food and Starbucks

A French bulldog puppy died and six others suffered heatstroke aft they were near successful a basking car while a breeder went to Starbucks.

Whitney Tierra Johnson, 36, was charged with with 7 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty aft passersby alleged they saw nan mini dogs trapped inside.

The breeder from Medford, New Jersey, stopped successful Apex, North Carolina, to eat astatine First Watch and get coffee, leaving nan puppies successful nan car.

All 7 were crammed into a mini kiddy excavation beneath 1 of nan seats pinch a screen complete nan top, pinch nan car disconnected and windows up, constabulary alleged.

Apex Police main Jason Armstrong said witnesses alleged nan puppies were near wrong nan car for 35 to 40 minutes.

'Three of nan puppies appeared to beryllium successful distress and had immoderate respiratory challenges,' he said. 

'They were put successful an oxygen enclosure to get treatment. One of nan puppies did not respond to nan treatment.' 

The puppy that didn't aftermath up was put down by Wake County Animal Shelter.

Johnson runs Whitney's French Bulldogs arsenic is certified arsenic a 'good breeder' by Good Dog's Responsible Breeding Program.

'Our saccharine pups are home-raised. We put a batch of attraction into socializing them truthful they tin modulation easy into their caller lives,' he Good Dogs floor plan reads.

'We person developed respective protocols to guarantee nan wellness and well-being of each of our dogs. It's our apical privilege to make judge each of our puppy families welcomes a happy and patient caller family personnel into their homes.'

Johnson disputed nan bid of events and nan conditions her puppies were kept successful aft she near them alone.

She claimed bystanders confronted her aft she returned to nan car and took nan puppies retired to cleanable them aft they relieved themselves successful nan car.

They asked her if she needed thief and erstwhile she said she didn't, they called police, she claimed.

'I americium not an animal abuser. I person nary malicious intent to harm immoderate animal. I person 12 dogs. I return very bully attraction of my animals,' she told CBS 17.

'The car was on, nan windows were down, and puppies were successful nan backseat. They were laying retired of their instrumentality onto their feet connected a towel. There was instrumentality connected nan level because I person an outlet successful my car.'

'There was a instrumentality circulating nan acold and nan basking successful nan aerial because I can't time off them successful nan car pinch nan aerial on. They person to beryllium a definite somesthesia (89F) because are still young puppies.'

Johnson further claimed it made nary consciousness for her to put nan puppies astatine consequence arsenic each of them was worthy up to $7,500.

'I don't cognize why anyone would deliberation I would propulsion my finance successful nan trash,' she said.

'I would not fastener my kid into a basking car, truthful why would I do that to my puppies? These are my babies. We would ne'er do that. We emotion our animals.'

Armstrong said he heard Johnson's type of events, but nan accounts of aggregate witnesses painted a different picture.

'Their actions astatine that clip gave nan belief that nan dogs were successful distress,' he said.

'[Police officers] had an extended speech pinch nan proprietor of nan dogs and nan witnesses connected nan scene.'

Johnson claimed constabulary bodycam footage would exonerate her. She will look tribunal connected August 1.