Police and rescue workers never know what kind of day they are going to have when they start their shifts.
In Suffolk County, NY. neighbors, police and rescue workers came together to rescue a blind 13-year-old Poodle who had fallen 12 to 18 feet into a muddy drain during a July 4th celebration.
A police officer and several neighbors pried open a 150 pound lid to the storm drain allowing emergency services workers to scoop up the dog with a pole attached to a large net and raise her to the surface.
Within an hour Maggie was back with her owner, Patricia Fogarty, 69, all wagging her tail and eating her dinner, apparently none the worse for the experience. Fogarty praised the rescuers and the civilian neighbors.
"They showed good American spirit," she said. The story
Meanwhile, police in Germany were called to a house by neighbors who had been disturbed by a howling dog for hours. Convinced that they were going to have to deal with an animal cruelty case, they made the landlord open the door.
What they found instead of a frightened dog being tortured was a perfectly healthy, but apparently very bored, parrot howling away. To make matters worse, when one of the policemen reached toward the parrot in a friendly gesture, the bird gave him a nasty bite on the finger. The story
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We are so glad the blind poodle was rescued without injury! And also glad the tortured dog was actually a bored parrot. Wonder how they stopped it from howling, though?
Posted by: jan's funny farm | July 05, 2009 at 02:18 PM
where did the bird learn to parrot a dog in pain.? make the bird fess up...someone mistreated a dog for hm to learn the sound...dontya think?
Posted by: jackie | July 05, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Glad the poodle got back home! I cant blieve the gall of the BCSPCA.... I am sickened by it, and agree 100% with your comment!
Posted by: Saint Lover | July 05, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Tank woo fur sharing these - furry interesting!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Posted by: Khyra | July 05, 2009 at 03:57 PM
You find the best stories!
Posted by: Charlie | July 05, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The Maggie story had me smile. The parrot had me laughing out loud!! :-):-)
Posted by: Col | July 06, 2009 at 06:22 AM
Oh those silly parrots can trick even the best of us. Love the story of both rescues and am so glad the blind poodle was saved.
Posted by: Mary Jo and Hudson | July 06, 2009 at 09:06 AM
Can't trust those parrots huh!?
Posted by: teetotaled | July 07, 2009 at 01:39 PM
I'm so happy for the blind Poodle. Never trust a parrot!!!
Posted by: Tony | July 09, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Duz that meen parots ar evool too just lyk kats
Posted by: Dixie the Poodle | July 09, 2009 at 01:49 PM
Hi Misty The Alpha Poodle Ov Wizdom
So Katz ar evool & berdys ar evool too, Is there ennyfing else I shood wotch owt for
Posted by: Dixie the Poodle | July 10, 2009 at 01:22 AM