My li'l 9 pound terri-poo fell into my lily pond as I was getting ready to attend my mom's memorial. She was missing for ten minutes and thankfully, my friend who was weeding around the pond saw her li'l eyes staring up from the lily pads. She was already suffering from hypothermia.
I too am sick of folks leaving their family members outside alone. However, let's not too quickly assume that the poor folks whose terrier fell into the pond was simply left outside. I leave my home for hours at a stretch and leave all the kids inside and outside - they choose, since my back door is left propped open. Maybe the same thing happened in this situation.