DOG JUMPS OUT OF CAR TO CHASE YELLOWSTONE WOLF

In Yellowstone National Park last Friday a German Shepherd leaped from the back of a vehicle to chase a young wolf on the side of a road. Dogs are allowed in the park on the condition that their owners maintain “physical control” over them at all times. In this case, the wolf was trying to get to an animal carcass by the side of the road, and tourists spotted what was going on and slowed down. The dog owner said he tried to roll up all the windows of his vehicle when he spotted the wolf, but the dog stuck its head out the passenger-side window, activating a safety mechanism that caused the window to roll back down. (* Sure. That’s what happened.) The dog leaped from the car and chased the wolf, which started running but stopped and faced the German Shepherd, which subsequently stopped. They were in a standoff about 15 feet apart before the driver of the vehicle reversed to where he could call and collect his dog. The dog owner has been cited by the park for multiple violations, and has a court date scheduled in July.
* And then grandma jumped out of the car to go pet a buffalo.
* You don’t think the dog saw the wolf and thought, “Oh my god, it’s Cousin Morrie!”
* Maybe when people show up to a wildlife park with a dog in the car, the guards at the entrance gates should duct tape their windows closed.
* Coulda been worse. Coulda been a little poodle dog, and we’d be talking about him in the past tense.