Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'

[Swamp_Fox]

Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'

Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.
Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute.

They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh.

A pine cone shortage may have led the squirrels to seek other food sources, although scientists are sceptical.

The attack was reported in parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory, and was witnessed by three local people.

A "big" stray dog was nosing about the trees and barking at squirrels hiding in branches overhead when a number of them suddenly descended and attacked, reports say.


"They literally gutted the dog," local journalist Anastasia Trubitsina told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

"When they saw the men, they scattered in different directions, taking pieces of their kill away with them."

Mikhail Tiyunov, a scientist in the region, said it was the first he had ever heard of such an attack.

While squirrels without sources of protein might attack birds' nests, he said, the idea of them chewing a dog to death was "absurd".

"If it really happened, things must be pretty bad in our forests," he added.

Komosmolskaya Pravda notes that in a previous incident this autumn chipmunks terrorised cats in a part of the territory.

A Lazo man who called himself only Mikhalich said there had been "no pine cones at all" in the local forests this year.

"The little beasts are agitated because they have nothing to eat," he added.

[GoGop]

That's an excellent use for a stray dog.

[hunting170]

God help us if they cross breed with this colony of giant fox squirrels.

[ratlmn]

ITS THE ANIMAL CONSPIRACY...Good thing us hunters are out there

[Swamp_Fox]

They shot the wrong squills...

Should have taken out the short dark ones...

[Warmouth]

That one on the left looks deadly.

[hunting170]

How do you figure that WM? The one in the middle is about to deliver a Chuck Norris Flying Death Kick to the face. You can`t get more deadly than that.

[Warmouth]

Look at the evil grin on his face (the one on the left), he's definitely demented. And, probably worse.

[BornBad]

Well, we all can agree the one on the right looks fornicated.