A police dog was hit by 200 spikes after being attacked by a porcupine

April 25, 2019

The animal, nicknamed Odin, was the victim of the incident while he was chasing a suspect. He had to be transferred to a veterinary center where he was sedated and operated for more than two hours.

A 29-year-old suspect, identified as Delvin J. Wilson, followed by the Oregon police in the United States, was the goal of a team of police officers accompanied by a German Shepherd police dog, until the latter He suffered a serious attack with 200 quills of porcupine They injured the entire mouth area, reaching a part of the left eye.

The police security animal, dubbed Odin, was transferred to a veterinary center of the animal hospital Hanson-Meekins in Coos Bay, where he had to be sedated and operated for more than two hours.

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As confirmed by the county sheriff's office Coos, the German shepherd belonging to the group K-9 is in full recovery phase and its evolution is in line with expectations.

By a declaration, the Oregon Police He wished to express his immense "thank you to the staff of Hanson-Meekins for his dedication and professional attention, as well as to the public for his support of K9 Odin," they said in the letter. In addition, they expressed the positive evolution that the dog is experiencing, as well as the intermittent search that they continue to make to stop the cause of this aggression, which he was able to check. FOX12.

Gabe Fabrizio, captain of Oregon Policeindicated that the animal had the necessary qualities to recover quickly because "he is motivated and has a lot of energy, which is what gave him an impetus," he said in a conversation with AP.

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"However, the animal must go to a magazine in a week to make sure that there is no problem to his left eye, which has been hit by some spikes," he said. did he declare. Fabrizio