California animal rescue officers were called in after an eight-month old German Shepherd dog “Rebel” mysteriously got his head stuck in a wall last week. Stricken Rebel was found whimpering with his head sticking out one side of the 46cm (18-inch) thick wall in Desert Hot Springs, east of Los Angeles, California while his body remained firmly on the other.
“My initial reaction was, ‘Wow, how’d he get in there?’” said Riverside County Animal Services Sergeant James Huffman. “And why is there a hole that big in the wall?”
“It was a very odd situation. It was uncertain if Rebel was chasing another animal, or just curious,” he added.
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After checking that Rebel could breathe comfortably, Huffman and fellow officer Hector Palafox took up position on either side of the block wall. “One officer worked the dog’s head from one side of the wall, while the other officer worked the dog’s body on the other side,” said a statement by the Department of Animal Services in Riverside County.
Palafox “pushed the dog’s ears back to ensure the dog would not suffer during the rescue attempt,” it added, saying that it took 30 minutes and some “minor nudging” to free the trapped canine.
Huffman said Rebel helped a lot. “He let us know if we were pushing too hard… He kept working right along with us ... You could see his hind legs stiffen to assist in the direction we were going.” “He knew we were there to save him,” said Huffman.
After the dazed dog’s release, the officers suggested Rebel be kept away from the wall behind a gate, while also advising the owner to put some chicken wire over the unfortunately-sized hole.
(AFP)
加州動物救援人員上週獲報，一隻八個月大的德國牧羊犬「雷寶」，不知何故把頭卡在牆上，動彈不得。雷寶在美國加州洛杉磯東方沙漠熱泉市被發現時，頭部卡在一道砌塊牆上直徑約四十五公分（約十八吋）的洞，並發出陣陣嗚咽聲，牠的身體則完整地留在牆的另一側。
河邊郡動物服務處警員詹姆斯‧霍夫曼說：「我的第一反應是『哇！牠是怎麼把頭塞進去的啊？』，牆上怎麼會有這麼大的洞呢？」他補充說，「這狀況異常奇特，是否因雷寶追捕其他動物，或只是純粹太好奇，才不小心被卡住，就無從得知了。」
霍夫曼與另一位動物警察埃克托‧派拉福克斯首先檢查雷寶可以自由地呼吸後，他們分別站在牆的兩側展開救援。河邊郡動物服務處發表聲明指出，「一位員警在牆的一側負責狗頭部，另一位則於另一側負責狗身體。」
動物服務處說，派拉福克斯「將狗耳朵縮回，確保牠在營救過程不至感到不適。」聲明表示，經過三十分鐘與「些微拉扯」後，警員終讓狗順利脫困。
霍夫曼說雷寶功不可沒，「牠會讓我們知道何時力道過大…牠全程都非常配合我們…牠還會蹬直後腿讓我們順勢將牠拉出。」霍夫曼說，「牠知道我們到現場是要幫助牠。」
驚魂未定的雷寶在順利脫困後，警察建議飼主，未來要確保牠遠離柵欄門後的那道牆，同時建議飼主加裝細鐵絲網，將這個大小足以危害生命的洞補起來。
（法新社╱翻譯：林亞蒂）
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