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Wolf caught by police turns out to be pet Husky
By Xu Chi |
March 27, 2012, Tuesday
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A wild wolf caught by police in Tengzhou, eastern Shandong Province where two villagers were bitten to death recently turned out to be a pet Husky, a zoologist said yesterday.
The dog, resembling the grey wolf shot dead last Tuesday by local police, was caught on Friday and sent to a local zoo, Beijing Evening News reported today.
The zoo uploaded the Husky's pictures to the Internet, saying it was a five-year-old female wolf. But the photos caught the attention of a Tengzhou resident who claimed it was his pet dog.
The resident surnamed Wang posted his dog's photos on Weibo.com and said his dog named "Lady" ran away from home last Friday and had not been seen. Many netizens said they saw no difference between the two sets of photos.
Wang said Husky is the only dog species that does not bark, which may cause the zoo to confuse it with a wolf. He went to the zoo and asked to take the dog home. But the city's forestry bureau insisted on a DNA test before they can determine whether it is a wolf or a dog.
Ma Jinsheng, a zoologist, visited the zoo yesterday and identified the animal as a pet dog. He listed his reasons that the animal has the eyes of a dog and its furs don't have protective colors like wolves.
"Besides it doesn't fear humans and behaved friendly when it was fed, while a wolf would run away from humans or act aggressively," said Ma.
The dog, resembling the grey wolf shot dead last Tuesday by local police, was caught on Friday and sent to a local zoo, Beijing Evening News reported today.
The zoo uploaded the Husky's pictures to the Internet, saying it was a five-year-old female wolf. But the photos caught the attention of a Tengzhou resident who claimed it was his pet dog.
The resident surnamed Wang posted his dog's photos on Weibo.com and said his dog named "Lady" ran away from home last Friday and had not been seen. Many netizens said they saw no difference between the two sets of photos.
Wang said Husky is the only dog species that does not bark, which may cause the zoo to confuse it with a wolf. He went to the zoo and asked to take the dog home. But the city's forestry bureau insisted on a DNA test before they can determine whether it is a wolf or a dog.
Ma Jinsheng, a zoologist, visited the zoo yesterday and identified the animal as a pet dog. He listed his reasons that the animal has the eyes of a dog and its furs don't have protective colors like wolves.
"Besides it doesn't fear humans and behaved friendly when it was fed, while a wolf would run away from humans or act aggressively," said Ma.
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