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- The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region recently responded to a call from a concerned citizen who thought they saw an injured dog on the side of the road
- The Colorado shelter sent an officer from its Animal Law Enforcement division to answer the call
- At the scene, the officer discovered that the injured dog was actually a stuffed animal mistaken for a pet in need
The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region is open to rescuing animals of every stripe, even stuffed animals.
According to a May 25 Facebook post from the Colorado organization, the shelter’s Animal Law Enforcement division recently received an urgent call for help.
“A panicked Good Samaritan had seen what they were certain was a poor, injured black and white dog lying on the side of the road while they were driving,” the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region wrote in its post about the content of the call.
In response to the citizen’s concern, the shelter sent Officer Jones of Animal Law Enforcement to address the call.
“When she got to the scene, she saw the ‘dog’ in question. Except it… It wasn’t a dog,” the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region detailed on Facebook. “It wasn’t injured. It wasn’t… alive. It was a tiger.”
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region
Thankfully, Officer Jones didn’t encounter a dead tiger. Instead of an injured dog, she found “a stuffed tiger, like the kind you win at a carnival if you’re good at tossing rings or bribing the teenager in charge.”
Somehow, someone’s discarded tiger toy ended up on the side of the road, where the Good Samaritan mistook it for an injured, living animal.
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“Not one to leave a civilian (or polyester blend) in danger, Jones did what any hero would do: scooped up the floofy beast and gently placed him in the back of her truck to make sure no one else mistook him for a puppy in peril,” the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region wrote of what happended next.
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Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region
The shelter’s Facebook post about the amusing incident also included photos of the rescued “tiger.” In the shots, the white stuffed animal with black stripes is shown in the grass where Officer Jones found it and safely packed away in a dog crate.
The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s case of mistaken identity inspired numerous comical comments on Facebook.
“I’m interested in adopting. Do I need a special enclosure?” joked one commenter. “That is the world’s ugliest stuffed tiger! Lol. Good save tho. That’s funny,” shared another.
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region
Others chimed in with their own humorous mistaken animal identity experiences.
“I tried to rescue a toy grenade out of the road thinking it was a turtle. It happens,” one commenter shared, while another wrote, “I love this!!! Almost as good as the time I tried to coax an injured, sickly German Shepherd into my VW Beetle late at night only to find out the next morning from my neighbor that it was actually a coyote. Oops!”
The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region closed its viral Facebook post about the incident by thanking Officer Jones for “saving our Oscar-worthy tiger and giving us a good chuckle this week!”
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