bengaluru after two pet dogs died of heatstroke in a taxi as the driver allegedly failed to switch on the ac a bengaluru court has ordered the cab aggregator to pay a compensation of rs 1 lakh to their parent and cover her court expensesthe heartbreaking incident took place on may 25 2019 when animal welfare activist jessica jerusha 30 of hbr layout hired a pet cabs taxi to transport three of her pets two bulldogs and a husky to cupa in dommasandra on sarjapur road for a veterinarians appointmentaround 11am jerusha helped the dogs board the car after being assured by the driver that the ac would be kept on throughout the ride as all three canines were imported and always needed cool conditionsa few minutes later she received a call from the driver saying one the bulldogs leo had vomited and collapsed jerusha told the driver to rush to cupa where a vet was waiting to examine the animals but by the time he reached the destination the two bulldogs had died the husky was admitted to critical care the postmortem later established the bulldogs had died of heatstroke inside the cab due to lack of airconditioningjerusha decided to sue pet cabs for deficiency of service and careless handling of the animals leading to their death she approached the bangalore 1st additional district consumer disputes redressal commission in shantinagar on june 25 2019 with a complaint against pet cabs ceo santosh shekarjerusha presented the case through her attorney while shekar appeared on his own but failed to present his version however he had apologised earlier for the accidental demise of the two dogs admitting that the airconditioner had malfunctioned during the trip on may 25 2019