'HERO DOG' PULLS INJURED FRIEND FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC
Monday, December 08, 2008
Footage from a traffic camera overlooking a busy freeway in Santiago, Chile captured a dog performing a heroic act — pulling an injured friend from oncoming traffic.
The video, from Azteca America Colorado, shows an injured dog lying in the middle of a freeway after being hit by a car, while a rescue dog dodges traffic to run to its side. The rescue dog then drags the severely injured canine across lanes of traffic as cars swerve around it.
No motorists stopped to help either dog, but a highway crew arrives at the end of the video.
The translation of the announcer is as follows:
"These images seen from the surveillance cameras show a very common situation with our overpopulated highways. It is normal for us to see dogs run over. In the video, we can see this dog fighting for his life because he was run over by the vehicle.
"What is very touching is to see the very heroic actions of this other dog who is trying to pull him to the side of the highway. We are going to keep seeing things like this until we find a solution to the dogs living on the streets."
Although, I am devastated that the injured dog did not survive, I love the heroism of the second dog. He literally risked life and limb to pull his dying canine buddy to the relative safety of the highway shoulder. In a country like Chile, where stray and animal overpopulation issues are a big problem, dogs injured and killed by cars is probably a frequent sight.
Not that it doesn’t happen here in the U.S. It does. Every day.
While sad, the beauty of the video for me is this:
At least in his last moments of life, the mortally injured stray knew someone cared and he wasn’t alone.
May we all be that lucky...
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