An alert system to prevent abandonment of a living being in a vehicle, the alert system including a pad removably disposed on at least a portion of an interior of the vehicle to monitor and store data related to the living being in response to the living being being disposed on the pad, and at least one master fob to receive the data related to the living being from the pad and to generate an alert in response to the master fob being moved a predetermined distance away from the pad and based on at least a portion of the received data indicating that that the living being is disposed on the pad.
