Estonian workers rescue “dog” from ice. 

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 02/22/2019 at 17:18 • Filed to: None

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Pictured: “dog”

$kaycog > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:26

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A very lucky doggo wolfo.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:28

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Honestly, glad they rescued it. Animals always deserve help. The wolf by the sounds of it realized they were helping and was very receptive to it.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:28

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it was a good nearly frozen doggo :)

(but yeah.. that made the news over here too)

Honeybunchesofgoats > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/22/2019 at 17:31

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I totally agree. They were awesome for rescuing it and taking it to the vet. 

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/22/2019 at 17:32

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Yep, we had some deer get stuck in a local reservoir, but unfortunately the local fire department could get them out. I was still glad they tried though.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:36

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I don’t allow food/drink or even my wife’s purse in the cabin of my car (everything in the trunk) but would give anything to help a dog in need.

Chariotoflove > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:39

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I’m a little confused why the vets weren’t sure of the species and had to have a local hunter point it out.

vicali > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:42

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My, what big ears you have..

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:53

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Good on them.

Those Estonians get around. I just had four of them at my place, replacing our roof. Which is in western New South Wales, Australia.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 17:56

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Technically wolf and dog are one in the same, a husky or malamute can look very wolf like. The wolves we have in MT are fucking huge tho, no mistaking them.

DipodomysDeserti > Chariotoflove 02/22/2019 at 17:58

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Vets deal mostly with domestic animals, and there are a shit ton of dog breeds out there. Since they thought to ask hunters, they obviously had  suspicions it was a wolf.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 18:03

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Glad that worked out.  I can see the confusion with some dogs / wolves / coyotes. Rin is fine off-leash but I’m worried some people in Colorado with guns won’t see her as a dog. So she’s not usually off-leash.

jimz > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 18:10

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Eurasian wolf. There were campaigns to try to exterminate them way back when. Thankfully they didn’t succeed, but they’re still effectively extinct in several countries they used to inhabit.

To think that as shitty as humans can be in this day and age, we used to be so, so much worse.

Cé hé sin > Chariotoflove 02/22/2019 at 18:10

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If you’re the average vet, wolves are very rarely encountered. I think both the rescuers and the vets thought they might have something out of the ordinary and called a h unter.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/22/2019 at 18:18

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Sometimes you just need a hug.

Cé hé sin > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/22/2019 at 19:05

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Yes, they’re close enough that they can and do interbreed. Wolf/dog hybrids are increasingly a thing in Europe and elsewhere as well.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Cé hé sin 02/22/2019 at 19:06

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There are numerious hybrid wold/dogs here too, they are not currently very popular because the MAGA crowd likes to shoot on- sight anything that resembles a wolf.

Just Jeepin' > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/22/2019 at 20:19

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There’s a wolf research facility I’ve been involved with in the past and they’re absolutely adamant that wolf hybrids are a bad idea. Those predator genes don’t vanish after a single generation.

(Now I’m wondering about the etymology of “gene” and “generation” .)

Forrest > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/22/2019 at 21:06

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Where do you put your wife’s purse in your single cab pickup truck? 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Forrest 02/22/2019 at 21:08

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In the bed? That's where I put my murse usually.  Or if it's raining, behind the bench seat (it folds forward for storage

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Just Jeepin' 02/22/2019 at 21:09

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Personally I am not a fan, it’s like a pet mountain lion, that animal is genetically engineered to be a stone cold killer.