Well … if you say so … can’t wait for wild kingdom to be tamed … oh what fun! And observing them being happy … And clowning around while borrowing children’s toys … B-) Injured hiker saved, kept warm by ‘miracle’ hero dog during 13-hour rescue January 5, 2022 NY Post.com By Hannah Sparks The cardinal instincts of a dog named North saved the life of one man injured while hiking in the Croatian mountains. The 8-month-old Alaskan malamute reportedly lay atop his companion, Grga Brkić, for 13 hours — thereby staving off hypothermia — after the man fell nearly 500 feet down a snowy slope and suffered a severe leg fracture, according to local media reports. The accident occurred while Brkić was clambering down the highest peak of the Velebit mountain range “on extremely inaccessible terrain,” emergency services reported, at about 5,900 feet above Croatia’s Adriatic coastline. Unable to reach Brkić and North, two additional hikers who spotted the pair in peril were able to send for rescuers, who later called it “one of the most difficult rescue operations” they had completed. More than two dozen first responders arrived at the scene, where they found the dog had “curled around him and warmed him.” Croatia’s emergency mountaineers, the Hrvatska Gorska Služba Spašavanja, later shared a photo of the hero canine, who refused to detach from his friend during the long ordeal, even as they transferred Brkić to a helicopter. The image shows North still cuddled with his mate while lying on a stretcher. - Fair Use - Awwww!!! That dog is a hero! A God sent angel with fur. :good: There is a co-op (co-operative company) near my place called Otter co-op. They actually sell insurance, too. 😉
