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Am I the only one who feels sorry for this poor animal lying dead (not in it's own crap, I think it's obviously blood from it being shot)? Yes, like others said, there were similar stories going around a few months ago, it turned out to be a coyote or fox (I forget) that had a terrible case of mange.
If anyone's ever seen a hairless cat then they'd know that normally furry animals look totally different without all their hair, much thinner and smaller than they normally appear. IMHO that animal is a canine of some type that is missing it's fur and you can't make assumptions about it based on it's teeth or leg length. It's dead, all things look different when they're dead.
I've known a few dogs that would have looked just like that in life if missing their fur, their hindlegs were way more built-up, larger and muscular than their fronts. The head does look a little rattish, but it's been dead for awhile and was quite emaciated when it died, the muscles could have shrunk or withered so that the teeth are showing and the muzzle looks more pointed, or as the article said, it could be a congenital deformity of the jaw.
I wonder why the women's brother shot it with no question instead of trying to capture it or calling animal control.
I dunno, in this day and age I just don't think there could be any "new" species of animals anywhere near populated area's that scientists don't already know about. In any case, I feel sorry for the creature that was shot and killed for no reason,it seems, other than (possibly) attention grabbing (and from a supposed vetrinary/zoo worker no less). Just makes me sad.
Ali
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