Signs are nonetheless up close to an industrial space on Springhill Road in Parksville, warning folks to watch out for not only a canine, however a wolf-dog.
Over the final a number of weeks, folks say they’ve encountered and even been chased by the animal.
“The bottom line is it has to be taken out of that area,” Vaughan Roberts informed CHEK News on Oct. 20.
And that’s precisely what a gaggle known as Find Lost and Escaped Dogs (FLED) is now attempting to do.
It has arrange a lure within the space with a path digicam, which has caught pictures of the estimated 150-pound wolf-dog close by.
“It is pretty unusual for us to try to trap this breed,” stated FLED Co-Founder Gary Shade. “Normally, we do dogs, and we’re just taking the lead from a lady who asked for our help. She needed a trap because her first trap got smashed by a little bear, so we came up with our trap and trail camera.”
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They hope to catch it and transfer it to a sanctuary in Alberta the place different wolf-dogs are stored.
But catching it’s proving to be tough.
“Well, normally, I can get a dog within 24 hours,” Shade stated. “Domestic dogs are a little different, just throw a cheeseburger in there and in he goes. This guy is a little more smart, he checks the trap all around and he’s not hungry enough to go in.”
And the rationale for that? Someone seems to be feeding the wolf-dog.
“People have threatened to shoot it. Some guy is up there feeding it, which we don’t want anyone to feed this dog because we want to get him hungry enough to go to the trap. And this one fellow has been feeding, and he’s saying that he wants to get the dog,” added Shade.
Even although it has reportedly attacked two dogs, he doesn’t suppose the wolf-dog is a menace to folks or dogs if they’re leashed.
“Well, every dog that people say was attacked was off leash, and it ran up to it. Well, you get that in dog parks here,” he stated.
“A little dog runs up to a big dog, and it bites it, well the big dog attacks it.”
It’s believed the wolf-dog was deserted by somebody in a white van round early October, who pushed it out and drove off.
If you see the animal, you’re inspired to report it to FLED with a location as quickly as doable. Information will be texted to 250-213-1420.
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