Juneau, Alaska (AP) – in the days after the fires devastated the Los Angeles region, a former stray dog named Jackie is lucky in a new life. She was rescued from a congested shelter in Los Angeles County, where she was confronted with a possible euthanasia and gave a home far in Juno, Alaska.
But Jackie didn’t stay long.
The German Shepherd-Husky Mix tucked her collar on the first day with her new family in mid-February and hid in a forest pocket. Since then, she has lived from her shark – avoiding a trap that was placed with food such as cheeseburgers or chicken by workers to control animals and volunteers worried about her.
The wooded zone Jackie is often close to a busy road. In addition, black bears begin to redirect from hibernation, raising the potential that the dog may have unfortunate mileage. Volunteers have stopped letting food and cat kiblate to avoid attracting bears.
“Maybe that’s what she wants is to be free and wild like this,” says Tom Young-Bayer, an animal control employee in Juneau. “This is not a safe way to live here.”
Young-Bayer and his wife, Skylar, are looking for in their spare time, often at night, for the hen’s dog, they tried diligently to build trust with her. It is known that Jackie crashes into the soft moss of the forest floor and is not avoided directly in the headlights of the young Byers, which makes it difficult to find her eyes in the dark.
On the videos, Tom Young-Bayer has taken his infrared camera, Jackie’s red heat signature looks like something from the movie “Predator”.
Recently, young Bey gave Jackie a fleeting look into the lush forest, a dark coat helping her to cammaching her movements among the stumps and roots. He looked at the underlying and surroundings, but came out empty – as well as a nearby trap, which watched weeks for weeks.
When Young-Bayer returned to a path where an animal control employee was waiting, he learned that Jackie had walked past a frozen pond.
Recently, a young beire has encountered Jackie every visit. Young-Bayer says it is progress. Weeks ago, if Jackie saw someone, she would escape. He and his wife are not trying to sneak on the dog and want to help her feel safe, he said.
Juneau Animal Rescue, a local pet adoption agency who also copes with animal control and defense services, asked people who see Jackie reported their observations. Given the dog’s insidiousness, employees want to limit those who are looking for it.
Little is known about Jackie’s story. She was introduced into a shelter in California as homeless in early January, days before deadly fires passed through the Los Angeles area. She is believed to be 2 to 3 years old. Her intake enumerated her as a quiet with moderate levels of anxiety and stress.
Skylar Young-Bayer, who has voluntarily joined the rescue groups in this region, helped settle Jackie and two other dogs at risk of being euthanized to be transferred to Juno for adoption. Jackie was a foster wire before he adopted.
Other dogs have acquired fame as fugitives, including Scrim, 17-pound, mainly a terrier mutra that was conquered in New Orleans in February-in a cat trap after months of LAM.
Mike Mazuch, Animal Animal Rescue’s Protection Director, noted that Jackie doesn’t have much time to contact her new family before it hurts. Employees believed that they were trying to suffer her as too risky because they did not know if they would be able to find her after she was calmed down.
Mazouch accompanied Tom Young-Bayer to the forest last week to disassemble the trap when Jackie came 50 feet (15 meters) from a frozen pond. A mazch snapped a photo of her as she appeared between the skinny, tall trees. He called an effort to capture her “Battle of Will.”
“She is not inclined to give up and we are also not ready to give up,” Mazuch said.