Loukanikos — Greece’s Protest Dog
December 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM Leave a comment
Break time!
Meet Loukanikos, Greece’s “protest dog:”
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Loukanikos — the word means sausage in Greek — has showed up for numerous demonstrations in Athens over the last few years. Here, he barks at riot police in December 2010.
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Loukanikos avoids police and fire, February, 2011.
Here it looks like Loukanikos is trying to grab that tear gas canister and move it out of the way:
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A can of tear gas lands near Loukanikos and protesters, February 2011.
Read more (more photos too) here.
I wonder what ol’ Loukanikos thinks about us humans.
Entry filed under: Animals (Other Than Us). Tags: protesters, riot police, sausage.
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